The highest-profile Pankisi-born militant fighting in Syria is Tarkhan Batirashvili, also known as Abu Omar al-Shishani, a senior Islamic State military commander. To address security threats in ...

By BROCK READ“Islam literally means surrender, implying surrender to God. And a Muslim, literally, is one who is surrendering,” writes Alan Godlas, an associate professor of religion at the ...

Organizationally, Georgia's Muslim community is subordinate to the Baku-based Board of Muslims of the Caucasus (UMK) headed by Sheikh-ul-Islam Allakhshukur Pashazade. The UMK's representative in ...

Nabilah Islam talks to ELLE about running for Congress in Georgia’s 7th district, living without health insurance, and why she petitioned the FEC.

To Hafiz Ghaffar Khan, an Islamic spiritual leader, the plan to build a cemetery in this Atlanta suburb seemed simple. He would go to the county planning board for a permit, and, within months ...

Islam, a first-time candidate, hopes the endorsement gives her bid for Georgia’s 7th District a jolt as she tries to energize voters in a messy June 9 primary that’s further complicated by the ...

Staff and volunteers with the Virginia-based Islamic Relief USA visited Georgia this month in the wake of the hurricane to assess damage to homes in hopes that the information can be used to ...

ATLANTA — Nabilah Islam made history in the Peach State on Election Day. She's the first-ever Muslim woman and the youngest woman to be elected to the Georgia Senate. The 32-year-old beat out ...