Archaeological discoveries in the Arabian-Persian Gulf challenge traditional Islamic history. They reveal that Christian ...
This phrase was not merely a slogan but it reflected the extent of mercy and fairness exhibited by that Caliph, who saw ...
Christian converts in Kosovo, where the vast majority of people are Muslim, hope to revive a pre-Islamic past they see as a ...
Human beings tend to imagine themselves as appearing in the midst of a greater history that is already in progress. In order ...
Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality, London: Zed, 1991 Hourani, Albert, History of the Arab People, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1991 Lewis ...
and later became history professor and Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi in the 1960s. The phrase ‘religion of peace’ was used by some to counter the othering of Muslims done by ...
Islam is the name of the religion, and its followers are known as Muslims. Muslims believe there is one true God, called Allah (the Arabic word for God). In Arabic the word Islam means 'submission ...
According to study by the Pew Research Center on world’s fastest growing religions, including Islam, Christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, and Buddhism, the global Muslim population is estimated to ...