Ramadan commemorates the month when the Quran, the holy book of Islam, was first revealed to the Prophet Mohammed ...

The start of the month traditionally depends on the sighting of the crescent moon. This year, the first day of Ramadan is expected to be on or around Feb. 18 or 19.

Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated, according to a new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population between ...

Singapore is the most religiously diverse country, and Yemen the least, as of 2020. The U.S. ranks first among nations with large populations.

Dr. Basem Hamid speaks during the noon prayer service at the Medical Center Islamic Society Houston Masjid on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Houston. Dr. Hamid fully denounced the attack in New Orleans and ...

Muslims minorities in the region continue to cherish their religious traditions during Ramadan as they begin fasting on ...

Ramadan began at sundown on Tuesday, Feb. 17, and continues through sundown on Thursday, March 19. It concludes with the ...

This year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games are located in Italy, a historically Catholic nation. And they coincide with Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that’s a time for dawn-to-dusk fasting, religious ...

Muslims in Texas, along with millions of others around the world, have begun observing Ramadan, a month of fasting, ...

In a number of countries with sizable Muslim and Jewish populations, we asked Muslim and Jewish adults for their views on religion and governance – specifically, whether religious law should be the ...