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 ...

A day of faith, sacrifice, and deep reflection was observed this week: the Day of Ashura, occurred on the 10th of Muharram, which fell on June 25 this year. This sacred day in the Islamic calendar ...

It is often assumed that the God of Islam is a fierce war-like deity, in contrast to the God of Christianity and Judaism, who is one of love and mercy. And yet, despite the manifest differences in how ...

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 ...

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 ...

Although he will likely be best remembered as one of the all-time greatest American athletes, Muhammad Ali also made headway in his embrace of religious tolerance in America. Ali's Islamic faith was ...

Muhammad Ali‘s public conversion to Islam, in 1964, was among the most defining moments of his remarkable life. The decision enraged his critics — his hometown newspaper continued to refer to Ali by ...

GOD IN THE QUR’AN By Jack Miles 241 pp. Alfred A. Knopf. $26.95. MUHAMMAD Prophet of Peace Amid the Clash of Empires By Juan Cole 326 pp. Nation Books. $28. Is Allah, the God of Muslims, a different ...