Islam

Drought-stricken Algeria plans to import 1 million sheep ahead of Islam's Eid Al-Adha

2:17am March 11, 2025

North Africa is enduring its seventh consecutive year of extreme heat and below-average rainfall. The drought has shrunk harvests and driven up the price of animal feed needed to raise livestock.

The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims and a philanthropist, dies at 88

1:01am February 05, 2025

Considered by followers to be a direct descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was a student when his grandfather picked him to lead the Shia Ismaili Muslim diaspora.

Pope Francis and Indonesia’s top imam make a joint call for religious harmony

8:35am September 05, 2024

The pope’s meeting with the Muslim leader in Jakarta comes during the first leg of an intense 11-day, four-nation tour in Asia and Oceania.

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Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims died in heat-stricken Hajj

9:20pm June 21, 2024

by Aya Batrawy

Collective prayers and struggles are core to Islam's Hajj, but heat took a toll this year: Hundreds died and thousands sought treatment for heat exhaustion.

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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan speaks to the media during a visit to the Francis Crick Institute in London to announce a new London Growth Plan to boost economic growth on April 3.

Why London's Muslim mayor needs the same security as the king

7:33am April 17, 2024

by Fatima Al-Kassab

London Mayor Sadiq Khan talks to NPR about being a Muslim politician in Britain — and his fears around a second possible Donald Trump presidency.

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Palestinian women pray outside the Dome of the Rock in East Jerusalem during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on April 3.

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Tension at Al-Aqsa Mosque is deepening with each day of the Israel-Hamas war

8:14am April 10, 2024

by Fatma Tanis

Friction between Palestinians, Jewish activists and police over Jerusalem's religious sites are a flashpoint of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The war in Gaza has brought the tensions to the fore.

CAIR says the largest number of anti-Muslim bias reports involved employment discrimination, including companies saying they wouldn't hire people who participated in pro-Palestinian rallies.

Anti-Muslim bias reports skyrocket after Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel

12:02pm April 02, 2024

by Jason DeRose

The Council on American-Islamic Relations has released its annual Civil Right Report. It details record-high instances of anti-Muslim hate in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

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Muslim men listen to Imam Omar Suleiman speak at the Islamic Center of Detroit in Detroit.

Muslims prepare for a more somber Ramadan due to the Israel-Hamas war

5:01am March 11, 2024

by Jason DeRose

As the holy month of Ramadan begins, Muslims are preparing for a less joyful observance this year. Fasting and charity take on a different meaning when many in Gaza are suffering.

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Left: A Palestinian schoolgirl in Gaza City passes by the main entrance to Pasha's Palace in 2019 as the minaret of the Omari Mosque is seen in the background. Right: Palestinians spend a Ramadan fasting day in 2019 reading the Quran inside the Omari Mosque.

Israeli strike leaves Gaza's oldest mosque in ruins

12:59pm December 09, 2023

by Daniel Estrin

The centuries-old Omari Mosque, Gaza's oldest, was badly damaged in an Israeli strike. An Israeli official told NPR it was targeted because militants were using a tunnel near the structure.

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An aerial view shows Gyanvapi mosque (left) and Kashi Vishwanath temple on the banks of the Ganges River in Varanasi, India.

A Hindu-Muslim dispute tests centuries of interfaith culture in India's Varanasi

5:00am September 16, 2023

by Sushmita Pathak

Both faith communities have long shared this sacred city. But some Hindus have taken legal action over a mosque they claim holds idols of Hindu deities.