NEW YORK (AP) - A Muslim scholar recently named as the new senior imam at the Islamic center being built near the World Trade Center site has given up the job, just a few weeks after his appointment.

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — Imam Habib Sarfraz commutes up to three hours a day to perform his duties to Utah's Muslim community. "The imam has so many responsibilities, as you know, he has to be here ...

American Muslims are defending an Australian imam whose public opposition to radical Islam and attempts to impose sharia law has drawn criticism from other Muslim leaders in Australia. Imam Shaikh ...

A popular Washington-area imam’s decision to issue the Muslim call to prayer at Trump’s inaugural prayer service on Saturday ...

SAGINAW TWP, MI -- The Islamic Center of Saginaw has a new imam. Safwan Eid, the new imam and religious director of the center, moved to Saginaw County from the Boston area with his wife, Sima Janoudi ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) In the bustling conservative Fatih district, Fadel Solimon looks at the floor and nods as a young woman asks him for advice on how to respond to criticism of Islam on Twitter. “Ever ...

Closing a tumultuous chapter in the history of the region's largest mosque, the Islamic Center of Cleveland said it has hired a permanent replacement for a controversial imam who was deported for ...

The Muslim cleric who hopes to build an Islamic center near the World Trade Center site said Friday that he'll tour the country in an effort "to inspire interfaith understanding" for a project that ...

PERRYSBURG, OH (Toledo News Now) - A new Imam is leading those who practice Islam in Perrysburg. Imam Talal Eid took on the full-time role at the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo just a few weeks ago.

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