To identify the most powerful Islamic countries in the world, we considered 30 countries where at least 50% of the population is Muslim. We used two key metrics: real GDP and military strength.

Where was the early Islamic civilisation? Find out when, where and how the early Islamic civilisation began. Buildings and homes in the early Islamic civilisation Learn how homes were kept cool in ...

The Islamic Revolution of 1979 brought seismic changes to Iran, not least for women. One area that has come under scrutiny is the way women dress and wear their hair - the old Shah, in the 1930s ...

By Eve Sampson Israel’s killing of a young commander of the local branch of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the West Bank city of Tulkarm is shining a spotlight on the group. Here’s a closer look.

A U.S. military operation Thursday in Iraq killed at least 15 Islamic State militant group fighters, and at least six U.S. soldiers suffered injuries, three U.S. defense officials said.

His interior minister is a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander who has suppressed protests against the regime. He has kept his hardline predecessor’s intelligence minister ...

“Very few people realize it was the Catholics that started Islam. They started the whole religion, purposely, to try to get the Holy Land back for the Catholics,” the man says. “They funded ...

About 400 children who were allegedly forced to live in squalid conditions, where many faced punishment and sexual abuse, ...

It sounded like the pitch for an edgy comedy: the extremist cleric plotting to buy a remote Scottish island and turn it into ...

The number of insurgent attacks has increased, officials say, as Iraq and the United States negotiate a plan to wind down the U.S.-led military mission. By Eric Schmitt Eric Schmitt covers U.S ...

The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Afghanistan's capital Kabul that killed at least six people on Monday. The terrorist organisation said it was in ...