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 ...

Texas Funeral Service Commission Presiding Officer Kristin Tips testifies for a bill in front of the Texas House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee April 2, 2025. A North Texas mosque alleges ...

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 ...

Yasmin Al-Zibdeh was home with her two sisters and mom, waiting for a phone call from their dad to tell them to come down to the mosque. She thought members of the Islamic Society of Greater Houston ...

If you’ve ever had a Muslim friend or neighbour pass away, you may have noticed they were buried the same day, sometimes within just a few hours. No long waiting. No casket viewing. No week-long ...

South Africa’s Hindu and Muslim organisations have united in objecting to a proposed law which could delay cremations and burials for several days, requiring the obtainment of electronic death ...