Muslims perform the Eid al-Adha morning prayer around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca. [AFP] The Islamic faith has quite firm guidelines ...

Citing a growing Muslim population in South Florida, an Islamic Center wants to open a cemetery that adheres to the religion’s specific burial rites on a seven-acre plot in the Redland. “As this ...

The East Plano Islamic Center is suing the Texas Funeral Service Commission for the right to perform services after the commission ordered the mosque to stop them earlier this year. “The Commission’s ...

This story has been updated with a statement from Gov. Greg Abbott's office. Just as the Texas Funeral Service Commission was trying to push its agenda forward in the final days of the legislative ...

Earlier this year, Gov. Greg Abbott, Attorney General Ken Paxton and U.S. Sen. John Cornyn launched state and federal investigations into the East Plano Islamic Center's proposed EPIC City project ...

In Nigeria, whether Muslim women attend funerals or not largely depends on regional and cultural practices, more than religious rulings alone. The question of whether Muslim women can attend burials ...