As a Muslim, this is common—where the body has to be buried within 24-72 hours to perform Janazah (funeral) prayers at the mosque. This may come across as too soon for people unfamiliar with Islamic ...

Hundreds of people turned out to the afternoon funeral prayer service for slain Muslim teen Nabra Hassanen, who was brutally attacked and killed with a baseball bat early Sunday. Individuals and ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - A Muslim funeral for Muhammad Ali on Thursday drew thousands of admirers to the boxer's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, where mourners prayed over the body of a man who ...

It's been an exhausting and traumatic time for Chicago-area rabbis Ari Hart and Hody Nemes. "Many people we know have friends who lost lives. We have family members who are kidnapped and still in Gaza ...

Mother earth can be described as man’s inseparable companion. She accompanies man day and night, in life and in death. She surpasses biological mothers in playing her role in the life of man. From a ...

The archbishop of Londrina, Brazil, Geremias Steinmetz, gave Communion to a Muslim sheik at the funeral Mass for Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, who died a few days ago at the age of 89. The incident ...

Kamel Haddouche, manager of Al-Tawheed Islamic Center in Jersey City, shows the cloth, or shroud, that bodies are wrapped in for a Muslim funeral and burial. (Rev. Alexander M. Santora photo) Kamel ...

Midnight funeral for separatist leader Abdul Gani Bhat in Kashmir; prominent politicians placed under house arrest.

Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions that could be upsetting and disturbing. The funeral and vigil for a 6-year-old Illinois Muslim boy who was the victim of a brutal stabbing and hate ...

A memorial for lives lost in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, and Syria was held in the ARCH building by Penn’s MSA and the Penn Arab Student Society on Oct. 7. Credit: Derek Wong About 50 community members ...

(RNS) — Sinead O’Connor, the Irish singing star whose funeral was held Tuesday (Aug. 8) near Dublin, will always be connected with Roman Catholicism after she ripped a photo of Pope John Paul II in ...

Just days after a Muslim Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Deputy was gunned down in broad daylight in southwest Houston, many might be wondering why Corporal Maher Husseini was being laid to rest so ...