In my previous post I suggested that the God of ancient Israel -- known to Israelites as Yahweh -- lived for centuries in a polytheistic milieu and may well have had a goddess wife named Asherah. This ...

The words 'La ilaha il Allah' are often heard in the media, especially in the nightly news reports. Typically, video footage shows Muslims protesting in the streets or attending a funeral while ...

The prophet’s interactions with paganism, Judaism, and Christianity birthed puzzling prophecies and a legacy of strife. An old Arab tradition tells of Abraha, a powerful Christian warrior from ...

The word of Allah did not come easily to Muhammad iln Abdallah. “Never once did I receive a revelation without thinking my soul had been torn from me,” the prophet said. Like many religious leaders, ...

The start of the holy month of Ramadan is the perfect prompt for our next faith feature. This month we are featuring the Islamic faith, of which many Bermudians identify. Islam is a monotheistic, ...

The answer to this question reveals the heart of our faith. All of us are much more aware of Islam since September 11. If we did not know it before, we know now that more than 1 billion people on ...

Archaeological inscriptions across Arabia reveal that Allah was known and worshipped centuries before the rise of Islam.

The word 'Islam' in Arabic means submission to the will of God. Followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims believe there is one true God Allah (the Arabic word for God). Muslims believe that Islam ...

Islam is the name of the religion, and its followers are known as Muslims. Muslims believe there is one true God, called Allah (the Arabic word for God). In Arabic the word Islam means 'submission to ...