(AP) – An overview about the Prophet Muhammad: Who is the Prophet Muhammad? Muslims believe that God revealed the Quran to Muhammad starting in the early 6th century through the Angel Gabriel.

This month, 10 employees of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical weekly, and two police officers were murdered by a band of masked gunmen who shouted "Allahu Akbar," or "God is great," as they opened ...

At the minimum, here’s what Christians should know. As religious historian Rodney Stark has shown, religions compete. Early in the seventh century AD, Judaism was making inroads in Arabia, but it had ...

There is still much that we do not know about the Lindt café siege in Sydney. We know that two innocent people are dead: the café manager, Tori Johnson; and barrister and mother of three Katrina ...

Muhammad Ali’s message on Islam remained consistent throughout his life after converting in 1964, but he had a broader spiritual agenda of promoting world peace, and condemning bigotry, that all ...

Reporting from Kabul — Sitting in the office of a boxing gym on a crowded Kabul street, Hayatullah Osmani listens as his students throw punches, grunting with each hit. The compact space, painted blue ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Michael Muhammad Knight's Muhammad: Forty Introductions asks two questions at the same time — or asks the same two questions 40 times. One is explicit: How should we think about the prophet Muhammad?