Egyptians adored Isis, divine protector of the dead, for two millennia before her cult spread beyond the Nile to the rest of the Roman Empire. In this 13th-century B.C. mural from the tomb of ...

When the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIS, captured Mosul, one of Iraq's largest cities, militants began singling Christians out. The symbol that marked their homes and ...

“The shahada and the Prophet’s seal are important symbols that all Muslims share. "So, by co-opting words which have nothing to do with jihadism, they [Isis] broaden themselves and try to ...