Everything changed in the Arab world in the sixth century CE. Introduction The history of Islam is...
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The art and architecture produced by independent states between the 14th and 16th centuries. Introduction Mosques, tombstones,...
The Islamic New Year marks the first day of Muharram, a sacred month of prayer and annual...
Knowing the historical contributions of Islam and its influence on other faiths can help counter many assumptions...
There are five pillars – or basic tenets – of Islamic faith. Each of these pillars is...
Exploring how Islamic faith and culture influenced West African culture. Introduction During the 7th century, the religion...
Islamic literature shows how Muslims used textual imagery to give a vivid picture of their prophet. Introduction...
Preserved in the language of Arabic, the Qur’an is Islam’s sacred text. Introduction The Qur’an, the sacred...
They improved ways of doing things that influenced the Scientific Revolution in Europe centuries later. Introduction In...
Exploring how the Islamic faith quickly spread throughout Arabia and beyond. Introduction Muhammad was born around 570...
From magic bowls to holy shirts, Muslim cultures used various devices to protect the user from harm...
Islamic medicine was built on tradition, chiefly the theoretical and practical knowledge developed in Greece and Rome....
The caliphate soon became a hereditary institute when the dynastic system of rule was introduced to the...
What started as a feeble group of followers soon turned into an empire. By Syed Muhammad KhanHistorian...
Since its beginnings in the Arabia of the 7th century CE, the religion of Muhammad the prophet...
The history of biology, built upon the thoroughness and insight of Aristotle and Galen, passed onto the...
An overview of the Arab-Islamic reception and development of Hellenistic science. Abstract This article is an overview...
Medieval illuminated manuscript of the Qu’ran Professor David Watt asks us to look beyond recent events themselves...
Hosay procession in St. James / Photo by Nicholas Laughlin, Creative Commons Hosay, a religious ritual performed by...
Analyzing classical religious influences on the work of Ehab Mamdouh. Abstract This paper focuses on the work...
Hajj pilgrim at Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 2003 The hajj, the annual...
Examining the available evidence for the use of horses and armor for them in medieval Islam warfare, with...
Quranic script from the 8th or 9th century. Courtesy Wikipedia Al-Farabi drew on a rich variety of Hellenic...
Ancient remains at Thula / Creative Commons Following conquest by the Umayyid caliphate, Islam rose fairly quickly. Curated/Reviewed...
An Arab city of the early medieval period. Urban centers in the Middle East were of a...
During the medieval period the Muslim community was rather tolerating and accepting in this regard. By Muzaffar...
Temple of Bel complex in the background and the agora on left center in Palmyra, Syria /...
The Great Mosque of Córdoba turned church after the Reconquista / Photo by Berthold Werner, Wikimedia Commons Was it a...
Medieval Persian manuscript depicting Muhammad leading Abraham, Moses and Jesus in prayer / From The Middle Ages. An...
The Kaaba in Mecca / Photo by Moataz Egbaria, Wikimedia Commons Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 03.15.2018 Historian...