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• The World of Islam
  Apr. 16, 1979
  "We Muslims are one family even though we live under different governments and in various regions." Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of Iran's revolution "The real force of Islam is the feeling that you belong to a brotherhood with the obligation to serve that brotherhood and thereby serve God." Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Saudi Minister of ...
• War: THE MOSLEM WORLD
  Aug. 13, 1951
  NOBLER than paganism; cheaper than Christianity." So, last week, an Anglican bishop in a London speech, described the message of Islam. London (and all Christendom) is newly aware of Islam. The shouts of Teheran mobs, the shot that killed King Abdullah, echo years, the world's chancelleries. As it has for 1,300 years, the riddle of ...
• Louis Farrakhan: Pride and Prejudice
  Feb. 28, 1994 | By WILLIAM A. HENRY III
  He inspires African Americans, but why does America's most controversial minister poison his message with racist hatred?
• The Passion of the Pope
  Nov. 19, 2006 | By DAVID VAN BIEMA
  With his blunt talk on Islam, Benedict XVI is altering the debate between the Muslim world and the West. On the eve of his visit to Turkey, TIME looks at the roots of the Pope's views--and how they may define his place in history
• Faiths: The Moslem World's Struggle to Modernize
  Apr. 16, 1965
  April 1965 coincides roughly with Dhu-al-Hijja in the year 1384 A.H. (after the hegira). It is the last month of Islam's lunar calendar, and the season to perform the hajj, the pilgrimage to the holy places of Mecca that for devout Moslems is both spiritual duty and lifetime dream. More than 1,200,000 pilgrims entered Mecca ...

Islam Blog Posts

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  Islam: A Primer
  Jan. 8, 2007
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  Bush to Arabs: Ramadan Mubarak!
  Oct. 6, 2007
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  Obama and the Lessons of "Roosevelt's Erection"
  Jun. 5, 2009
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  A Pilgrim's Lack of Progress
  May. 11, 2009
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  Obama's Muslim Outreach
  Apr. 6, 2009

Islam Photo Essays & Graphics

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  Islam in Asia: Under the Crescent

  How Islam is lived, practiced and celebrated in Asia. Photographs by John Stanmeyer
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  Islam's Soft Revolution

  Photographer Olivia Arthur meets the women of Cairo, whose revolution is culturally conservative, but adapted to the 21st century Photographs by Olivia Arthur / Magnum for TIME

Islam Videos

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  TIME Talks with Cardinal Levada

  Cardinal William Levada joins Managing Editor Rick Stengel to discuss the Pope, the sex abuse scandal, and the church's relation to Islam

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