Charging interest for loans is deemed riba, or an unjust, exploitative gain, and is forbidden under Islamic law. In Islamic finance, riba refers to interest charged on loans. Religious practice ...

CAIRO (AP) — Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts. For Muslims, it’s a time of ...

CAIRO — Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan starts. For Muslims, it’s a time of increased ...

A close relative called a tip line to report the suspect, authorities said. A Tajik national living in Brooklyn was arrested Wednesday on charges he conspired to support the Islamic State and its ...

(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel, File) A man looks at members of the Malaysian Islamic authority as they perform the “Rukyah Hilal Ramadan,” the sighting of the new moon to determine the start of the holy ...

What Is Ramadan and How Do Muslims Observe the Islamic Holy Month? CAIRO (AP) — Observant Muslims the world over will soon be united in a ritual of daily fasting from dawn to sunset as the ...

Every year, Muslims around the world anticipate the sighting of the new crescent moon that signifies the official first day of Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and the most sacred ...

With its eye on Hezbollah, Iran’s heavily armed Shiite ally in Lebanon, Israel was wholly unprepared for the devastating ground assault launched from Gaza by Hamas, a Palestinian militant group that ...

To help address its conventional military industrial disadvantages, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been converting commercial vessels into drone carriers and naval missile launch platforms. Tehran ...

Micah J. Yadlosky, 2, of Orrtanna, passed suddenly, Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at the Gettysburg Hospital. Born May 4, 2022, in Gettysburg, Micah was the son of Brian and Megan (Straley) Yadlosky ...