Nigeria's Borno state, where Boko Haram launched its armed insurgency, has set up a regulatory body to monitor and censor Islamic preaching. State governor Kashim Shettima inaugurated the Borno State ...

Last week Libya’s Internal Security Agency launched a campaign in the city of Tripoli to arrest Libyan citizens and foreigners accused of apostasy from Islam and preaching Christianity. The security ...

The Kano State government has banned an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abduljabar Nasir Kabara, from preaching in the state for alleged incitement. Some Muslim faithful have criticised the state government’s ...

A conversation with Patrick Gaffney illumines the world of Muslim believers—what they have in common; what divides them—and the varieties of Islamic preaching In theory, Islam is a religion without a ...

HAMBURG -- An imam in a gray tunic suit and soft fez-like hat recited verses from the Koran in bursts of piercing song one recent night at the Boeckmann Street mosque here. A chattering crowd, waiting ...

This is a guest post by Alex Thurston. Alex is the author of Salafism in Nigeria: Islam, Preaching, and Politics, and is an assistant professor at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign ...

Attending Islamic preaching sessions and Quran classes are key activities for many in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, writes Dina Ezzat Before noon on Saturdays in Ramadan, Iman, a certified ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump, whose demonization of Muslims was a trademark of his nationalist campaign, arrives here Saturday hoping the Arab world will ...