Muslims around the world are ready to celebrate one of the most important holidays on the Islamic calendar, Eid-al Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. In Indonesia, which has the world's largest population of Muslims, the celebration centers around family, food, and home.

A new comic book featuring superheroes drawn from the 99 names of Allah has been launched in Indonesia. Although the book begins in 13th century Baghdad, its Kuwaiti-born creator Naif Mutawa says the comic is a metaphor for what is happening in the Islamic world.

A young Nigerian Christian woman was manhandled by a Muslim man in the rainfall near a popular market by a mosque in Abuja, Nigeria.

The month of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Muslim calendar and the holiest month of Islam, has begun. Muslims the world over have embarked on a month of abstinence, reflection, and soul searching.

Rosh Hashanah and Ramadan will be celebrated today by the Jewish and Muslim communities of Plainfield. Rosh Hashanah and Ramadan are the most important holidays in Jewish and Muslim communities.

With the Bush Administration's progress report on Iraq due by Sept. 15, a new survey of nationally representative samples of the Iraqi population shows a continuation of two trends that give some reason for optimism about the future of that battle-scarred country: A continued shift away from political Islam among Sunnis and Kurds and a shift toward Iraqi nationalism among majority Shiites.

A new study by the Pew Research Center in Washington has revealed that Muslims around the world are increasingly rejecting suicide bombings and other forms of violence against civilian targets in the name of Islam.

The United Nations, Western governments, and human-rights groups have strongly condemned the stoning of an alleged adulterer that was carried out in Iran last week.

Six new scholarships from Kuwait created to support Canadian students studying Islam.

Delegation led by Minister of Energy and Water Resources of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Muhammad Ismail-Khan has visited Uzbekistan during the outgoing week. Within the framework of the visit the members of the delegation met with the chairman of “Uzbekenergo” State Joint-Stock Company B.Teshabaev.

At least five persons have been killed and four others, including two children, were injured when a bomb exploded in the historic Mecca mosque in the Charminar area of the old city of Hyderabad this afternoon, in India.

Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican. Khatami is one of the most senior Muslim clerics to visit the Roman Catholic pontiff since the pope made remarks last year that appeared to link Islam with violence.