A not quite entire irrelevant specimen of beautiful Islamic art — in this case, the interior of the dome of a mosque Dr. Cooper’s field is a very important one, as scholarly disciplines go. It’s ...

The Islamic resurgence of the post-1970s strengthened the hands of the religious orthodoxy and engendered the spectre of political Islam but failed to rekindle the spirit of intellectual rationalism ...

As Tajikistan's Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP) prepares to decide who will rule it for the next four years, a rift has reportedly emerged between party conservatives and so-called modern pragmatists.

Tajikistan's Islamic Renaissance Party is coping with serious problems. Two leading officials face charges of having committed grave crimes, and a mysterious rumor spread by state media has undermined ...

A leader of a banned Islamic party in Tajikistan has voiced concern over the fate of 16 opposition leaders, who are currently in government custody. Muhiddin Tilloevich Kabiri, head of the Islamic ...

Abroad, India’s RSS Speaks of ‘Love.’ At Home, Its Affiliates Attack Christians. This week Iran hosted the 29th Islamic Unity Conference, ostensibly focusing on what the conference categorized as a ...

Why has the West yet to recognize the cultural rejuvenation taking place in the Islamic world? The proof that contemporary Muslim societies remain committed to modernization (and not Westernization) ...

As Tajikistan’s Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP) prepares to decide who will rule it for the next four years, a rift has reportedly emerged between party conservatives and so-called modern pragmatists.