The majority of enslaved Africans transported to the Americas originated from West Africa—a region that, by the late medieval period, had undergone extensive Islamization. Understanding American ...

Fatima Igram Smejkal, whose family immigrated to the United States from Lebanon in the early 1900s, greets fellow faithful before Friday prayer at the Islamic Center of Cedar Rapids on Friday, Aug. 8, ...

Obama and the American economy. American Muslims' perceptions of their own well-being increased more in the past three years than those of any other religious group, according to the report, which ...

Aymann Ismail is a journalist, activist and now a published author with his memoir, “Becoming Baba: Fatherhood, Faith and Finding Meaning in America.” Ismail writes about his experiences with faith ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The oldest surviving place of worship for Muslims in the United States is a white clapboard building on a grassy corner plot, as unassumingly Midwestern as its neighboring ...