Editor’s Note: Cawo Abdi is author of “Elusive Jannah: The Somali Diaspora and a Borderless Muslim Identity.” Abdi is associate professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota and a research ...

Each year, tens of thousands of inmates in the U.S. are converting to Islam while incarcerated. The latest installment of the "CBS Mornings" series "The State of Spirituality with Lisa Ling" explores ...

The undisputed definition of Islam by all her adherents is “submission to the will of Allah.” This divine will is outlined in the Koran and in the teachings and deeds of Muhammad, as recorded in the ...

I see myself as a strong, empowered young Muslim-American woman who has overcome bigotry, ignorance, and racism that attempted to make me feel ashamed of my Islamic beliefs and values. It’s common for ...

I owe my Islam to America. I grew up in Dearborn, the self-proclaimed capital of Shia Islam in the West. I drove past the largest mosque in the U.S. on my way to my Islamic elementary school every day ...

Unlike Muslims who were born and raised in America, I thankfully didn’t have to go to Sunday school to learn about my religion. Born in the ‘80s, I grew up in a place where my religion was part of the ...