Off a highway in central Connecticut is the mosque with a 400-student Muslim Sunday school. More guards are on patrol these days. And for the older students in the transition class, talking about ...

Dec. 8 marks the opening of the Jubilee of Mercy, a yearlong celebration of God's compassion. Pope Francis, who has made mercy the motto of his papacy, hopes that this year will be "a true moment of ...

Area Muslims opened their doors Sunday afternoon and answered a variety of questions like why many Muslim women wear a heijab or scarf on their heads, what their religious beliefs are, particularly ...

Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich visits with Kareem and Rana Irfan before the 19th annual Catholic-Muslim "iftar" dinner at the Zakat Foundation of America in Bridgeview, Ill. The theme for the ...

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More than one fifth of the world’s population follows Islam, the fastest growing religion. Join Dennis Aronson, Ph.D., for a presentation on “Understanding Islam” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March ...

Welcome to Rome. Pope Francis greets Syrian refugees he brought to Rome from the Greek island of Lesbos, at Ciampino airport on April 16, 2016. A recent study from The Bridge Initiative found that the ...

The assignment on world religions that was handed out to students at Riverheads High School in rural Virginia seemed pretty simple, on its face. A teacher’s printout explained why calligraphy was ...

WALTON COUNTY, Ga. — Several Walton County parents say their children are being forced to learn about Islam, and want the option to exclude their children from these lessons. The teaching of Islam has ...

It seems every month in 2015 brought a new story of parents speaking out against school assignments that taught about the Islamic faith or culture. It would be lying to say that things in America ...