As a Muslim, this is common—where the body has to be buried within 24-72 hours to perform Janazah (funeral) prayers at the mosque. This may come across as too soon for people unfamiliar with Islamic ...

Muslims perform the Eid al-Adha morning prayer around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca. [AFP] The Islamic faith has quite firm guidelines ...

Majda Boteffah emigrated from Spain to the U.S. all alone. She met Miguel Barrera and they eventually married, three years ago. His large Bolivian family welcomed her as part of their family. She ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - A Muslim funeral for Muhammad Ali on Thursday drew thousands of admirers to the boxer's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, where mourners prayed over the body of a man who ...

Just days after a Muslim Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Deputy was gunned down in broad daylight in southwest Houston, many might be wondering why he is being laid to rest so suddenly. KPRC 2 ...

(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — A Muslim prayer service for Muhammad Ali today drew thousands of mourners to Louisville, Kentucky, the boxer’s hometown. Together, they prayed over the three-time heavyweight ...

Mother earth can be described as man’s inseparable companion. She accompanies man day and night, in life and in death. She surpasses biological mothers in playing her role in the life of man. From a ...

In 2008, five years before his death, former New York Mayor Ed Koch paid $20,000 (Sh2 million) to a cemetery to secure a place for his burial. Funerals, just like weddings, can be expensive as you ...

Kamel Haddouche, manager of Al-Tawheed Islamic Center in Jersey City, shows the cloth, or shroud, that bodies are wrapped in for a Muslim funeral and burial. (Rev. Alexander M. Santora photo) Kamel ...

About 50 community members gathered at a memorial for lives lost in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, and Syria hosted by Penn’s Muslim Students' Association and the Penn Arab Student Society on Oct. 7. The ...