British lawyer George Sale was the first man to conduct a direct English translation of the Quran. His 1733 translation ...

Few English translations of the Quran are well-suited to foiling extremist ideology or introducing Americans to Islam. ... ISIS and other extremists argue. The editors of “The Study Quran ...

The argument, I assume, must be that Islam, though it is a religion, is not simply a religion but is also a political ideology and therefore loses its status as a religion for, ...

When it comes to religious liberty for Americans, there's a disturbing trend that has drawn much less attention than wedding cakes and other issues. In recent years, state lawmakers, lawyers and ...

So, the argument that “Islam is not a religion” goes straight to the heart of the matter: Delegitimize the religiousness of Islam in order to strip Muslims of First Amendment protections.

If Islam is considered a dangerous political ideology, not a religion, then Islamic law is dangerous, too, some proponents argue. In January 2006, an attorney named David Yerulshami started a ...

Islam “clearly states that every Muslim–male or female–has rights” to education, health care and paid employment, Sardar Ali said. But governments either outright disagree or make the excuse that ...

Quran-burning incidents in Sweden and Denmark may be a tiny phenomenon, ... but many argue that there is a line between attacking a faith and attacking observers of that faith.