In the spring of 2019, I was traveling in Lisbon, Portugal with a group of my friends. One day we were enjoying a walk through the narrow yet colorful streets when a local man ran by us yelling ...
The phrase "Allahu Akbar," which means "God is greater" in Arabic, should be known as a celebration of life, not death and destruction, says Imam Omar Suleiman I’ll never forget the day a US army ...
After eight people were killed and almost a dozen injured when a 29-year-old drove down a busy bicycle path on the Lower West Side of Manhattan on Tuesday, reports said eyewitnesses had heard the ...
“Allahu akbar” is an Arabic phrase that translates to “God is greater.” In the wake of a deadly attack in New York on Tuesday, this inherently spiritual phrase is being used in a different context: to ...
New York City prosecutors accused a knife-wielding man of hate crimes after he allegedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” before stabbing an Asian man and a Jewish man in a violent spree last week. The ...
Allahu Akbar is an Arabic phrase which translates directly as “Allah is Greater” but is often mistranslated in the media as “God is great”. It is recited by Muslims and Arabic speaking Orthodox ...
When reports first surfaced that the man who mowed down pedestrians and cyclists near the World Trade Center memorial in New York City on Tuesday yelled "Allahu akbar" afterward, Wajahat Ali felt a ...
An old video for one of Donald Trump's rallies has surfaced on the internet showing one of the audience shouting “Allahu Akbar” prompting security to force him out. As the video gained millions of ...
"Allahu Akbar" made headlines again this week. The suspect in the New York City terrorist attack reportedly shouted the Arabic phrase meaning “God is greatest” after driving his truck down a bike path ...
Editor’s Note: Imam Omar Suleiman is the founder and president of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and an adjunct professor of Islamic Studies at Southern Methodist University. The opinions ...