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

(AFP) Turkish religious authorities have been careful in presenting the Hadith Project, launched some two years ago. The country's state committee on religious affairs, the Diyanet, reacted to last ...

A recent National Symposium on the Foundation of Islamic Civilisation has highlighted the significance of Hadith and principles of jurisprudence in shaping Islamic law and practices. The symposium, ...

Peace is integral to the meaning of the very word ‘Islam’ itself. The root of the word ‘Islam’ is s-l-m, which is related to the Arabic word for ‘peace’. And so, Islam means a religion of peace.

I want to know the context (or Fiqh) of the Hadith that has been used as a negative propaganda nowadays against tolerance in Islam. This Hadith is in Bukhari and Muslim. The Hadith is as follows: ...

The words of the Qur'an and hadith contain rich resources for supporting the democratic order. If Muslims are to embrace modernity, including life in a pluralistic, democratic society, without ...

Can a woman be the leader according to Islam? Cite references from the quran and hadith on this matter. I read a book in which a hadith was quoted from the sahih al-bukhari narrated by abi bakr that ...

“What does the Koran say about…?” is perhaps the most common question my students ask me in the Islamic history courses I teach. It’s an understandable question, but they will be disappointed with the ...

Abdullah Saeed is the Foundation Chair of the Sultan of Oman Endowed Chair in Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Melbourne. He is also Director of the Asia Institute at the University of ...