When M.A.S. Abdel Haleem was a youngster in Egypt all the boys in his school were required to memorize the entire Quran and were tested annually to make sure they maintained this knowledge. The ...

Lawrence, the Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus humanities professor emeritus of religion at Duke University and one of the preeminent scholars of Islamic studies in America, adds to Princeton’s Lives of Great ...

When M.A.S. Abdel Haleem was a youngster in Egypt, all the boys in his school were required to memorize the entire Koran and were tested annually to make sure they maintained this knowledge. The ...

I have 3 questions. I read tafsir ibn kathir which states a hadith which is "whoever explains the Quran with his opinion or with what he has no knowledge of, then let him assume his seat in the fire" ...

(RNS) — In the past three years, Islam By Touch has sent more than 150 braille renderings of English translations of the Quran to U.S. mosques and Muslims. (RNS) – When Yadira Thabatah converted to ...

Quran memorisers in Gaza overcome devastation from war, reciting the holy book as a source of hope and strength.