President Donald Trump repeatedly touted the “Abraham Accords” in his Middle East trip on Monday , seeking to build on 2020 ...

Digital religion is messy, contradictory, cacophonous. But that’s what living traditions look like. Religion is not a relic to be shelved in museums or confined to sanctuaries. It is a dynamic force, ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa The oldest surviving place of worship for Muslims in the United States is a white clapboard building on a grassy corner plot, as unassumingly Midwestern as its neighboring houses in ...

Lamu is a historic Swahili port town on an island off the northern coast of Kenya. Each year it hosts the famous Lamu Maulidi Festival, a sacred Muslim celebration, planned this year for 17-18 ...

(RNS) — In 2017, our nation reeled from what came to be known as the “Muslim ban.” An executive order, signed by then-President Trump, barred or limited the entry of individuals from six ...

Eck’s talk took up a topic that Harvard has embraced even as it shifts away from the language of diversity, equity, and ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) — During a breakout session at this year’s National Conservatism Conference on Wednesday (Sept. 3), one group of panelists was asked an unusual question: Did they consider the U.S. to ...

In northwest Saudi Arabia, the artistic heritage of the AlUla oasis is literally carved into the landscape. From the enigmatic rock art of the Neolithic era, through the colossal statues of the ...

Fatima Igram Smejkal, whose family immigrated to the United States from Lebanon in the early 1900s, greets fellow faithful before Friday prayer at the Islamic Center of Cedar Rapids on Aug. 8 in Cedar ...