Islam

Divine Geometry at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Conn., explores arts in the historical and contemporary Islamic world through paintings, calligraphy, woodwork and more. WSHU spoke with curator Hamid Hemat about the work’s significance, his own connections to the collection and its prominence during the holy month of Ramadan.

Members of Masjid An-Noor found a bag of pork products set in front of their mosque on Saturday, less than a week into what is a holy month for Muslims. The same incident took place again on Monday, just days later.

The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered the city of Meriden, Connecticut, to work with an Islamic group to help them open a mosque. That’s after the…

Since the election of Donald Trump, there have been rallies held once a month outside a Selden mosque where Long Islanders have been showing their…

Controversial feminist activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali has sparked protests at college campuses like Yale for her belief that Islam is an oppressive and violent…

Controversial feminist activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali gave a lecture that drew about 500 people to Fairfield University on International Women’s Day this…

Haris Durrani is a Dominican-Pakistani Muslim from Westport, Connecticut. Durrani co-founded the Muslim Protagonist Symposium at Columbia University to…

Long Island Congressman Peter King attended Friday prayers at a mosque in Bay Shore Friday. King notoriously held five congressional hearings on what he…