Religion: Islam

c.570-632 Arab prophet and religious leader who founded Islam . He was born in Mecca. At the age of 25 he began working as a trading agent...

City in Saudi Arabia and, as birthplace of Muhammad, the holiest city of the Islamic world and a place of annual...

Building for worship used by members of the Islamic faith. Muhammad's house in Medina (A.D. 622), with its surrounding courtyard and hall with...

This chapter explains the origin, format, purpose and presentation of the scriptures of Islam. The Qur'an is the Holy Book of Islam. Muslims...

The pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, one of the five basic requirements (arkan or "pillars") of Islam. Its annual observance...

An umbrella term for the ascetic and mystical movements within Islam. While Sufism is said to have incorporated elements of Christian...