One can assess Tariq Ramadan, the increasingly powerful grandson of Hassan Al Banna, founder of Egypts Muslim Brotherhood, in two entirely opposite ways: 1.

Prolonged student protests in Iran following a death sentence for a prominent intellectual for alleged heresy are a symptom of a larger crisis within Islam, Muslim scholars say.

A BOY KNEELS IN PRAYER AT AL ALOMAR MOSQUE IN THE GAZA STRIP Religion and basic cosmology combine at the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which began on Wednesday after a curious moon-spotting exercise by the worlds one billion Muslims.

Paris How do you tell Muslims in your midst that they are not unloved and unwanted? "Thats what I am trying to do in France," political scientist Tariq Ramadan told United Press International on October 29.