The so-called Islamist is simply the Muslim who takes the religion seriously – who doesn’t pick and choose, who applies Islam ...

CAIRO — A group of Muslim clerics connected with Egypt’s prestigious Al-Azhar University have announced the creation of a new satellite channel to propagate moderate Islam and challenge what it ...

Syria remains a secular country but the capital is showing signs of transformation. Slighted political parties that call for Islamic modernism and the advancement of technology are only a few of the ...

An effective counterterrorism strategy must focus on the fact that terrorism by Muslims in the name of Islam presents the strategic threat today to civilized peoples, whether Muslim or non-Muslim. On ...

(The Conversation) — A scholar who has closely followed reforms that MBS has made to Wahhabism, an austere form of Islam, explains the changes taking place in the Saudi kingdom and their impact. (The ...

In his battle against militant Islam, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is relying not just on bomber planes and soldiers but on white-turbaned clerics from Al-Azhar, Egypt's 1,000-year-old ...

On Christmas Eve 22 years ago, jihadist terrorists planted bombs at churches in cities across Indonesia, killing 18 people. Every Christmas since then, members of the country’s largest Muslim group, ...

Reuel Gerecht is someone whose work I admire – he is an insightful and prolific writer on matters Middle Eastern, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and a frequent contributor to ...

As his country experiences the early pangs of a cultural and economic transformation, Saudi Arabia's crown prince vowed Tuesday to destroy "extremist ideologies" in a bid to return to "a more moderate ...

Far more than most Middle Eastern Muslims and politically correct Western scholars of the region and Islam would like to admit, Western standards for individual liberty, curiosity, personal integrity, ...

KEPALA BATAS, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysia's leader stepped up a drive on Friday to promote his own brand of moderate Islam, taking a swipe at cynics who fear his message is being subverted by ...