Long-standing Christian narratives about Islam continue to inform political language, argues a sociologist of Islam.

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Protests erupt in Herat during funeral of shooting victims, as anger grows over attacks on civilians and rising insecurity in Afghanistan.

Iran’s semiofficial news agencies have published a chart suggesting the Revolutionary Guard placed sea mines in the Strait of ...

Israel’s intense barrage of airstrikes on Wednesday hit without warning deep inside the Lebanese capital of Beirut, blowing buildings open to the elements and reducing apartment blocks to rubble in pa ...

Israeli military leaders repeatedly vow to invade all of south Lebanon and expel hundreds of thousands of Shiite residents ...

Sunday was a particularly deadly day, as Israel targeted areas around the country — including a Christian area long regarded ...

The Imams Council of Michigan criticized the president's Sunday threat on social media to strike Iranian power plants and ...

U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his threat to hit Iran’s critical infrastructure hard if the country’s government ...

A US-Israeli airstrike hit a Shia mosque in the northwestern city of Zanjan early on Tuesday, according to Iranian state media. The attack caused widespread destruction to the prayer hall, known as ...