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Two women wearing long colorful robes and hijab walk down a street in the Eastleigh area of Nairobi, Kenya.

Under lockdown, mosques in Kenya offer virtual prayers for Ramadan

Religion

Eastleigh, a predominantly Muslim neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya, is currently under lockdown, and most mosques have closed. Instead, some mosques are offering virtual prayers via YouTube. 

Congregants at the Women's Mosque of America

Finding inspiration and empowerment at the first all-women’s mosque in the US

Belief
Sverrir Ibrahim Agnarsson, chairman of the Muslim Association of Iceland, inside the group's makeshift mosque in Reykjavik.

Could Charlie Hebdo happen in Reykjavik? How Iceland’s Muslims try to convince people it won’t

Belief
A sign is seen at the border with Guinea in Kouremale, October 2, 2014. The worst Ebola outbreak on record was first confirmed in Guinea in March but it has since spread across most of Liberia and Sierra Leone, killing more than 3,300 people, overwhelming

The Ebola outbreak quiets an important Muslim holiday in Guinea

Belief
Mosque in Turkey

This architect says the most important feature of a mosque is its sustainability

Belief
The TaHa Mosque in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The US has a wide variety of mosques, and these two guys have seen a lot of them

Belief

Aman Ali and his friend Bassam Tariq know how diverse the Muslim community is- a couple years ago, they criss-crossed the US and visited a different mosque every day for a month. Aman says the Muslim communities he met with are as diverse as America itself- and the mosques are just as unique.

Mosque in Alaska

Alaska’s first mosque prepares to open its doors

Belief

The Muslim community in Alaska is larger than you might think. And now, after years of fundraising, they have a place of worship.

Should the Muslim holiday of Eid be a school holiday? New York City is considering it

Lifestyle & Belief

If public schools close for Christmas, Yom Kippur and other religious holidays, shouldn’t Muslims in New York City get Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr off from school? The city’s new mayor thinks so.If public schools close for Christmas, Yom Kippur and other religious holidays, shouldn’t Muslims in New York City get Eid al-Adha and Eid al-Fitr off from school? The city’s new mayor thinks so.

Kuwaiti psychologist Naif Al-Mutawa poses in front of cartoon characters he created for his comic book and television series "The 99'. The comic book series features cartoon superheroes for Muslim readers that incorporate Muslim values but now Saudi relig

A Saudi fatwa shuns the first comic book to feature Muslim superheroes

Lifestyle & Belief

Why would a cleric turn against a comic book approved by Saudi officialdom and embodying the virtues of Islam? Even the name — The 99 — referred to the 99 attributes of Allah. Why would a cleric turn against a comic book approved by Saudi officialdom and embodying the virtues of Islam? Even the name — The 99 — referred to the 99 attributes of Allah.

Turkish mosques begin makeovers to accommodate, welcome women

Lifestyle & Belief

In Islam, men and women are expected to pray separately. For a long time, in Turkey at least, that meant men prayed at the mosques and women, well, didn’t. But as Turkey becomes more affluent and Islam plays an important role in the government, there’s an effort underway to change that and welcome them at the mosques.