Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ancient, closely held religious secrets; messages encoded on the walls of Middle Eastern shrines; the divine golden ratio ...

The gender gap in math scores, particularly at the high end of the distribution, has been well documented and debated, with some suggesting that genetics might be a big reason for the differences we ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Murder, torture, and rape? Halal. Math, social studies, sports, and music? Haram, according to the group which calls ...

WASHINGTON – Those wondrously intricate tile mosaics that adorn medieval Islamic architecture may cloak a mastery of geometry not matched in the West for hundreds of years. Historians have long ...

Centuries ago, a prestigious Islamic library brought Arabic numerals to the world. Though the library long since disappeared, its mathematical revolution changed our world. The House of Wisdom sounds ...

Congress national spokesperson Shama Mohamed on Thursday stoked another controversy by claiming that Mathematics was introduced to the world through the Islam religion. "Math has come through Islam," ...