Before the Prophethood, Abu al-‘As approached the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and said, “I want to marry your eldest daughter, Zaynab.” The Prophet replied, “I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In my courses on early Islam and the life of Muhammad, I teach to the amazement of my students that there are few pre-modern ...

Newsrooms in the United States increasingly refer to Islam’s chief religious figure, Muhammad, as “the Prophet,” when reporting on major events involving the Muslim faith. In May, multiple reports on ...

Terrorists on Wednesday stormed the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical French magazine famous for making fun of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad and Islamic leaders. Stéphane (Charb) Charbonnier, ...

A new film about the Prophet Muhammad is slotted to have its debut this Sunday at the Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran. Directed by Majid Majidi, the biopic's cost has exceeded $30 million, ...

No one knows what the Prophet Muhammad looks like. From historical sources, we can reasonably surmise he was an Arab male, but that’s such a broad category as to say almost nothing about his physical ...

Indian artist Zakir Hussain Khan creates record-breaking oil painting of the green dome to honour Prophet Muhammad in Saudi Arabia.

The Victoria & Albert Museum in London has removed from its website the image of an artwork depicting the Prophet Muhammad, the Guardian reports. Earlier this month, the V&A claimed that its ...

He was a husband, a businessman, a grandfather, a warrior, a judge, a politician, and a religious leader. For many of the 1.8 billion Muslims around the world, Muhammad ibn Abdullah (died, 632 CE) is ...

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 ...

Punjab Minister for Information and Culture Azma Bokhari has said that the courage, bravery and determination of Hazrat Ali (RA) are timeless and unparalleled, and his teachings continue to serve as a ...

Many Muslims see any depiction of the Prophet Muhammad as disrespectful. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with religious scholar Reza Aslan about how radical Islamists have used that to justify attacks. The ...