An important festival for followers of Islam is coming up, one commemorating sacrifice and representing a time of prayer and gathering with family and friends. The second major festival in Islam, Eid ...

Eid literally means a “festival” or “feast” in Arabic. It is celebrated twice a year as Eid al-Adha, (pronounced eed al-Ahd-huh) and Eid al-Fitr. The two Eids recognize, celebrate and recall two ...

The state's 300,000 Muslim residents are celebrating with cultural exhibitions, festivals and activities throughout the month ...

The Islamic Arts Festival kicked off at the University of Houston Saturday, bringing a dizzying array of textiles, calligraphy and geometric art to the campus. The festival, located at UH’s Student ...

Ken Chitwood is a senior research fellow, Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis and journalist-fellow at the Dornsife Center for Religion and Civic ...

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Muslim community in northeast Tennessee came together on Sunday evening to celebrate the end of Ramadan at the Eid al-Fitr banquet. Eid al-Fitr is one of the two major ...

Muslim women at a prayer service at a mosque in Redmond, Washington, to mark the end of Ramadan and the start of Eid-al-Fitr in 2016. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Ken Chitwood, Concordia College New York ...

The Islamic New Year brings with it a quiet and meaningful opportunity to pause, reflect, and begin again. Unlike the festive mood that often surrounds the start of a new calendar year, this occasion ...