Ramadan, which begins at sundown Feb. 17, is the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. Muslims around the world now are preparing for the intense fasting, prayer, charity and fellowship that ...

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Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed a money laundering case against former law minister Anisul Huq, his associate Toufika Karim, and two others over allegations of extortion amounting to ...

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But Why is a show led by kids. They ask the questions and we find the answers. It’s a big interesting world out there. On But Why, we tackle topics large and small, about nature, words, even the end ...

This story appears in the November/December 2016 issue of National Geographic History magazine. An 18th-century copper still from Morocco, essential equipment in a Muslim physician’s medical kit.

Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., prompted calls for his resignation from Democrats and a major Islamic civil rights group after suggesting in a social media post that he'd choose dogs over Muslims. "If they ...

EXCLUSIVE: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a high-profile women’s rights activist who fled Sharia law, has endorsed Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, for re-election in a critical Senate race that could determine whether ...

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