IYADH, SAUDI ARABIA — It liberates. It represses. It is a prayer. It is a prison. It protects. It obliterates. Rarely in human history has a piece of cloth been assigned so many roles. Been embroiled ...

We can easily assert that almost all religions of the world have some particular symbols and signs that are sacred and significant to them. It could be a picture, a textual representation or an icon ...

In the Muslim world, the crescent moon and star is a symbol which is arguably as iconic to Islam as the cross is to Christianity. But do the crescent and star - which appears on the flags of some 10 ...

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Islam is the second-largest religion in the world. It has more than 900 million adherents all over the globe, but, at present, has no recognized caliph. The word "caliph" means "successor" and "deputy ...