SHAH ALAM - Islam does not prohibit modern medicine, such as vaccines and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment, as long as ...

Born in 1962 in Najaf, Iraq, Tabrizian is a high-ranked Shi’a cleric (an ayatollah) and a graduate of major Shi’a seminaries.

These reflected early medieval ecclesiastical concerns in regulating society – what was right and wrong, what could and could not be done – in terms of both violence and sexuality. For instance, the ...

Muslim scientists had developed their own perceptions, meanings and worldviews of knowledge that differ drastically from ...

CAIRO (AP) — Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts. For Muslims, it’s a time of ...

(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File) A man looks at members of the Malaysian Islamic authority as they perform the “Rukyah Hilal Ramadan,” the sighting of the new moon to determine the start of the holy ...

Friday night, Muslims around the world will begin observing the holy month of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. During this month, Muslims (and non-Muslims who want to participate ...

In the medieval church, women's roles were limited ... were married to curial officers who maintained rank at court by working in trade, medicine or the military. Women were never paid directly ...

With its eye on Hezbollah, Iran’s heavily armed Shiite ally in Lebanon, Israel was wholly unprepared for the devastating ground assault launched from Gaza by Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that ...

Here you can see the Sehri timing and iftar timing in Medicine Hat from the first to the last Ramadan fasting day. The Islamic and Gregorian calendar dates are also given in the following Ramadan ...

Last week, amid major political controversies, a tech CEO and an author of mythological fiction caused a furore about sati, the practice of widow-burning in medieval India. This worked up a storm on ...