Islam
In the Qur’an, God is a great debater
The Qur’an is not a description of God. It’s a call to conversion.
My Muslim friend Ali and my Christian commitment to his life of faith
How American hostility toward Muslims has shaped my pastoral vocation
A woman’s place—at the mosque
How American Muslim women are transcending barriers to leadership.
Tolerance and violence in medieval Spain
Brian Catlos offers a nuanced corrective to the competing histories of Islamic rule.
A remarkable commentary on the Qur’an and the Bible
Gabriel Said Reynolds puts the two sacred texts into respectful, honest conversation.
Take & read: New books in American religious history
An ever-renewing narrative of community formed by difference
Will the real fundamentalists please stand up?
What counts as fundamentalism? David Harrington Watt and Sathianathan Clarke give contrasting answers.
Southern California mosques welcome rising number of Latino Muslims
Groups are meeting growing interest through efforts such as Friday prayers in Spanish and #TacoTrucksatEveryMosque events to break Ramadan fasting.
The prism of Mohja Kahf’s poetry
Kahf turns the stories of biblical and Qur'anic women to see their many facets.
Fashion-forward faith
Muslim women’s clothing reveals—and shapes—culture, politics, and piety.
Voices of American Muslims
Both Amir Hussain and Eboo Patel model interfaith bridge-building in their writing.
Who is Jesus for Muslims?
“According to Islam, Jesus always speaks the truth. The question is how we understand it.”
My life as an ambivalent American Muslim
How can I help reform Islam? I can’t even make it to prayers.
A Deuteronomist redactor meets a recorder of Islamic texts
Who I'd invite to my writers' dinner party
When Muslims talk to Zionists
“It’s one thing to say you support a two-state solution. It’s another thing to go to Israel and study Judaism.”
The war we aren't winning
The United States has been engaged for decades in a seemingly endless series of wars and military operations.
Celebrating centrist Muslims
There’s some good news amid the gloom of global terrorism—namely, the little-known world of wasatiyya, or centrist, Islam.
Missionaries among Muslims
To lionize the missionary’s courage, Muslims were cast as implacable adversaries and served as the quintessential foil.