If moderate Islam is only about platitudes on the compatibility of Islam with the modern world, science and technology on the one hand and abusing the outward expressions of Islamic faith and morality ...

Reuel Gerecht is someone whose work I admire – he is an insightful and prolific writer on matters Middle Eastern, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and a frequent contributor to ...

An effective counterterrorism strategy must focus on the fact that terrorism by Muslims in the name of Islam presents the strategic threat today to civilized peoples, whether Muslim or non-Muslim. On ...

KEPALA BATAS, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysia's leader stepped up a drive on Friday to promote his own brand of moderate Islam, taking a swipe at cynics who fear his message is being subverted by ...

The U.S. emphasis on identifying and supporting moderate Islam—and thus fomenting an Islamic revival—finds its best expression in a recent USIP report by Abdeslam M. Maghraoui, “American Foreign ...

Recently in several Muslim countries, thousands of people raided American embassies, provoked by a movie made by an anti-Muslim filmmaker in California. The filmmaker depicted Islam as a vile religion ...

Egypt's top cleric, Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, known for promoting the government agenda against female genital mutilation and the face veil, died March 10 after suffering a heart attack while ...

An advocacy organization for Muslims is calling for Gov. Scott Walker to apologize for saying there are few “reasonable, moderate followers of Islam” while speaking to voters in New Hampshire on ...

CAIRO - A moderate Islamic party outlawed for 15 years was granted official recognition Saturday by an Egyptian court in a sign of increasing political openness after the fall of autocratic President ...