For many Americans, the face of Islam is the one currently staring at us from the front page, bearded and sullen. But there’s something drastically wrong with the picture that face presents. There are ...
Illustration of Fatimah Al-Fihri. Paintings of Middle Eastern Women by Jan Frans Portaels (1818-1895). Belgian School. TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - There are a number of women who have had a big influence on ...
A global understanding of Islam is impossible in absence of the Islamic art, mysticism, and poetry, writes our columnist Ahmad Sadri. ramil110 / Getty Images I can imagine no greater disservice to ...
Without the scholars of the Islamic Golden Age, who translated Ancient Greek, it is likely that ancient knowledge would now ...
KOCHI: About 10 years ago, a clutch of scholars embarked on an ambitious project to unravel the Islamic way of life by documenting and digitising its storied legacy. This work is now complete and ...
(RNS) — The latest chapter of protest and resistance unfolding on the streets of America is reminiscent of a peat fire: a high flammability condition that springs up under pressure in parts of a field ...
On 17 October 1817, in Delhi, was born a man whose ideas would alter the course of Indian Muslim history. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan — scholar, reformer, jurist, and visionary — was not merely an individual ...