Since Prophet Muhammad’s ancestry can be traced back to Prophet Ishmael the son of Prophet Abraham, doesn’t that make Prophet Muhammad himself part-Jewish? Most people say no, because Abraham, Isaac ...

Charlie Hebdo had long published controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, which is believed to be why the newspaper was targeted. A woman walks past a painting by French street artist and ...

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 ...

An overview about the Prophet Muhammad: Who is the Prophet Muhammad? Muslims believe that God revealed the Quran to Muhammad starting in the early 6th century through the Angel Gabriel. Muhammad is ...

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, ...

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 ...

The Prophet Mohammed was born on the 12th day of Rabi-Al-Awwal, this third month in the Islamic lunar calendar, more than 1,400 years ago. He remains misunderstood in much of the Western world and, ...

Paris. Copenhagen. And now Garland, Texas. The Dallas suburb may be the latest city where depictions of the Prophet Mohammed have been met with gunfire. It’s still not clear who shot a security guard ...

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 ...