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 ...

In 2008, five years before his death, former New York Mayor Ed Koch paid $20,000 (Sh2 million) to a cemetery to secure a place for his burial. Funerals, just like weddings, can be expensive as you ...

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 ...

U.S. President Barack Obama also praised Ali on Thursday in a Facebook live broadcast from the White House, showing off a copy of the book, "GOAT: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali," and a signed pair of ...

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 ...

The casket with the body of Muhammad Ali arrives for an Islamic prayer service at the Kentucky Exposition Center on June 9, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky. *Thousands of mourners gathered Thursday to ...

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 ...

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 ...