Libya's interim leader: there's no place for extremist Islam

Libya’s interim leader says the country won't turn into an extremist Islamic country, adding a new government of experts will be completed next week.

Eid-ul-Adha: Lambasting the slaughter

Eid-ul-Adha, the festival of sacrifice, has activists, Islamaphobes and Muslim vegetarians in a spin.

US meets with Egypt Islamists, says diplomat

A US diplomat says officials have met members of the Brotherhood after Washington claimed it would have contact with Egypt's biggest Islamist group.

A modern Muslim woman's experience

Zeenat Mahomed's 30-day holy month is a time of prayer, gratitude, fasting, feasts and some really cute headscarves.

Saudi Arabia begins Mecca mosque expansion

Saudi Arabia has begun the biggest expansion yet of Islam's holiest site, the Grand Mosque in Mecca, to raise its capacity to 2 million pilgrims.

From book pages to real stages

A radical punk revolution was just an idea in a novel by a disaffected Muslim convert but for the bands he inspired the scene became real.

The Qur'an as literary text

What the Qur'an actually says is shrouded in veils of assumption and opinion. A new book takes a closer look.

Senegal turns to Islam to stop child 'disciples' from begging

Senegal is turning to Islamic texts and the powerful sway of religious leaders to prevent children from being sent to beg by their Koranic teachers.

Iran epiphany leads Blair's sister-in-law to Islam

Former UK prime minister's sister-in-law has converted to Islam after having what she describes as a "holy experience" during a visit to Iran.

Of sheep, goats and fasting

I realised lately that people who are not Muslim see fasting as quite a radical step, says lham Rawoot.

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