When Rumi died in Konya in 1273, Muslims, Christians, and Jews reportedly joined his funeral. His followers...
Islam
Islam emerged in seventh-century Arabia and developed into a global religious tradition. Explore its beliefs and the diverse societies shaped by Muslim communities across history.
Qur’anic manuscripts helped shape Arabic scripts into sacred visual forms, transforming writing, readability, calligraphy, and Islamic textual...
Spain’s 1609 expulsion of the Moriscos reveals how religious suspicion, imperial rivalry, and political fear transformed converted...
Christian nationalism, not Islam, openly seeks to embed theological morality into public law while denying that it...
Only by 730 CE was something closely related to the teachings of the Qur’an commented in detail....
Jewish people have often lived in predominantly Islamic nations. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction Religious...
Everything changed in the Arab world in the sixth century CE. Introduction The history of Islam is...
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...
Keep in mind the great diversity of the Islamic world. Only a minority of Muslims were from...
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...