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Police rescued approximately 50 students late Monday from an Islamic seminary in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, several of whom were reportedly chained in a basement, denied food and pressured to join the Taliban....

For many Chicago Muslims, Sept. 11, 2001, set off a powerful alarm, cautioning them that they couldn't take their status in America for granted. It was an admonition not to grow complacent or isolated. Regardless of the oppression immigrants had left...

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks ignited an unprecedented level of anxiety in Chicago’s Muslim community. A look back at the Tribune’s coverage 10 years ago recounts stories of Islamic schools and mosques locking their doors, Muslim women...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Friday forcefully endorsed building a mosque near ground zero, saying the country's founding principles demanded no less. "As a citizen, and as president, I believe that Muslims have the same right to...

Together, the Christians and the Muslims walked at dusk from the Islamic school to the Islamic Center of Orlando. Together, they ate figs and chickpeas and fruit salad to end the fasting of Ramadan. Together, they lined up in rows inside the mosque and...

Dina Abdalla tries to laugh when her friends poke fun, asking if she's a terrorist plotting an attack on Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora. She tries to have a sense of humor. At the same time, she doesn't find it funny. When asked about the real...

Religion Link raises the question as to whether the uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and elsewhere in the Middle East are the product of Islam or societal pressure: In the Egyptian situation, much of the discussion about the influence of religion...

A real estate agent who said he represented a Lombard-based Islamic school was the lone interested buyer at Monday's auction of the former Hubble Middle …...

The High Point City Council granted requests to rezone 6.9 acres on Allen Jay Road for a proposed mosque, according to the High Point Enterprise. The council granted the requests from Malik Hanif to rezone the land just north of E. Fairfield Road from...

A full-blown ideological war appears to have erupted between Iran and the secular government in neighboring Azerbaijan after Baku earlier this year banned the wearing of Islamic head scarves, or hijabs, at schools in the Caucasus nation by introducing a.....

The first Muslim believed to hold public office in Villa Park was sworn in as a library trustee Wednesday, Jan. 26. Ghada Abdelhafez-Fahmy, 41, will …...

CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Patrols around mosques and other Islamic sites in Portland have been stepped up as Muslim leaders expressed fears of retribution, days after a Somali-American man was accused of trying to blow up a van full of explosives during the...