For the past two years, I’ve taught English writing to students from Saudi Arabia with a gifted students scholarship program at the University of California at Berkeley Extension. One day dur… ...

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.

"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 ...

There are a multitude of instances where this theme was reported; for example, in the New Orlando club shooting in 2016, reporters said the shooter was yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ while the police were ...

“The Arabic chant ‘Allahu Akbar,’ God is great, sometimes is said under the most beautiful of circumstances,” CNN’s Jake Tapper said on Tuesday afternoon, hours after the attack.

The Mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro has this week claimed that anyone caught shouting the Islamic phrase "Allahu akbar" in St Mark's Square will be shot "within three steps". Brugnaro is no ...

But media outlets' and law enforcement's fixation on the phrase often comes at the expense of practicing American Muslims, for whom "Allahu Akbar" is an expression of faith—not violence.