Shiite women prepare to march in the inaugural Ashoura procession in a neighborhood of Arusha, Tanzania, in 2017. Mara Leichtman , CC BY Following the death of the prophet in A.D. 632, a dispute ...

Islam was a modernizing influence in Africa, it imposed order among different societies, strengthened the powers of governments, and broke down ethnic loyalties. Islam is one of Africa's most widely ...

Scholarship on Christian engagement of Islam in Africa is expanding, and many Africans, especially Christian theologians, are taking interest. The growth in scholarship on Islam and its varied ...

Controversial Jamaican Muslim cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal was finally deported to Tanzania after all international airlines declined to fly him. Faisal was driven by road to the Kenya-Tanzania ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Each year, the largest contemporary Muslim pilgrimage takes place in Iraq to remember Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson. Before the pandemic, this event reportedly drew ...