World & Nation
For weeks, Republicans have lambasted President Obama for what they claim is a major foreign policy failure: His refusal to use the term “Islamic” to describe the terrorists of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Feb. 20, 2015
Horrific events in Libya and Denmark in recent days demonstrate the two sorts of dangers posed by the fundamentalists who call themselves Islamic State: atrocities carried out in areas under its control and acts of violence committed in the West by individuals radicalized by the group’s message.
Feb. 17, 2015
Business
Finance: Bank counts on ‘guardians of the faith’ to make sure money is handled in accordance with laws of the Koran.
Aug. 11, 1996
It is difficult to demonstrate the existence of a discourse, a movement, a consciousness such as Islamic feminism in a climate that assumes a universal supremacy of Western feminism.
Feb. 17, 1992
Islamic law has transformed some Muslims into creative bankers.
Feb. 10, 2008
Since declaring a caliphate, Islamic State has garnered support from more than a dozen Islamist militant groups in the Middle East and Asia, but the dearth of endorsements by many of the largest and most recognizable groups serves to underscore the limits of the newcomer’s grand ambition.
Nov. 30, 2014
The online conversation with the Mosul resident began with pleasantries.
Aug. 3, 2015
On one of Jakarta’s traffic-clogged streets, a visitor recently spied two bumper stickers in English.
April 6, 1993
Islam has never been more a focus of attention in the United States than in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Oct. 4, 2001
Human rights and church groups voiced concern Friday for the fate of more than 200 civilians, including many Christians, reportedly kidnapped by the Islamic State militant group in Syria’s Homs province.
Aug. 7, 2015