Source: Time By Steven Levingston Jun 20, 2017 Before dawn, on Wednesday, October 26, 1960, Martin Luther King Jr. was sleeping in a prison cell in DeKalb County, Georgia, when […]
Haaretz.com: Two weeks ago on Saturday, a few dozen Israelis attended the opening of a new exhibition at the Ben Ami Gallery in south Tel Aviv…. read more:
Source: Islam Web Salahuddeen’s full name in Arabic was Salah Ad-Deen Yoosuf bin Ayyoob, also called Al-Malik An-Naasir Salah Ad-Deen Yoosuf I. He was born in 1137/38 CE in Tikrit, Mesopotamia and died March 4, 1193, in Damascus. He later became the Muslim sultan of Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Palestine, […]
We begin with taking a glimpse at the unique relationship between Prophet Mohammed and his companion Abu Bakr As-Siddiq. (Screengrab: YouTube) By Shounaz Meky Al Arabiya Saturday, 27 May 2017 During the month of Ramadan, Al Arabiya English is publishing a series of profiles on prominent historical figures in Islam. We […]
Emir Abdelkader was a Muslim, Sufi, sheikh, humanist, protector of his people against Western barbarism, protector of Christians against Muslim barbarism, so noble that Abe Lincoln sent him a pair of Colt pistols Robert Fisk @indyvoices 2 days ago Muslim historians claim Abdelkader saved 15,000 Christians, which may be a […]
Source: BBC Disaster struck twice over the centuries, causing extensive damage to Jerusalem’s most important church – but restoration has finally been completed. Original Story
Apr 25,2017 – JORDAN TIMES – Ramzy Baroud Israel has resorted to three main strategies to suppress Palestinian calls for justice and human rights, including the right of return for refugees. One is dedicated to rewriting history; another attempts to distract from present realities altogether and a third aims at reclaiming […]
By Regula Bochsler APR 23, 2017 Pope Gregory XIII announced a major calendar reform on February 24, 1582(Andreas Praefcke/wikimedia commons) Catholics and Protestants in Switzerland fought, literally, for more […]
Source: BBC By Adam Popescu 4 April 2017 Where cars now drive along congested roads in the heart of modern Los Angeles, sabre-toothed cats once roamed. They stalked prey that […]
Nazis on the Roof of the World: A Bizarre SS Expedition to Tibet In 1938, an SS expedition led by German zoologist Ernst Schäfer trekked to Tibet, returning with priceless animal specimens. Many believe they had actually been sent to search for a lost Aryan race, but a new book argues that […]
By Kathryn Reis Our current political climate is not the only instance when Muslim Americans have been framed as foreigners who did not fit into American culture, according to oral historian Zaheer Ali of Brooklyn Historical Society in a lecture Thursday. “Have Muslims become a shorthand way of referring […]
HDS author elucidates history, scholarship March 29, 2017 | Editor’s Pick Popular By Liz Mineo, Harvard Staff Writer Ousmane Kane, the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Contemporary Islamic Religion […]
HAKAN ARSLANBENZER ISTANBUL PublishedMarch 3, 2017 Known as the forerunner of the modern disciplines of sociology and demography, Ibn Khaldun was an Arabic scholar who was born into the rich […]
Guardian: For a century, the East India Company conquered, subjugated and plundered vast tracts of south Asia. The lessons of its brutal reign have never been more relevant one of the very first Indian words to enter the English language was the Hindustani slang for plunder: “loot”. According to the […]
‘Britain came to one of the richest countries in the world in the 18th century and reduced it, after two centuries of plunder, to one of the poorest’ Matt Broomfield @hashtagbroom 458 comments Britons suffer “historical amnesia” over the atrocities and plunder committed by their empire, Indian MP and authorShashi Tharoor has […]
BOOK EXCERPT Historian Audrey Truschke’s new book examines one of the convenient myths imposed by India’s colonial rules. Audrey Truschke Hindu and Jain temples dotted the landscape of Aurangzeb’s kingdom. These religious institutions were entitled to Mughal state protection, and Aurangzeb generally endeavoured to ensure their well-being. By […]
Apr 28, 2016 George Winston War elephants depicted in Hannibal Barca crossing the Rhône, by Henri Motte, 1878. In 218 BC, Hannibal marched an army consisting of soldiers, mules, horses and elephants from Spain, over the Alps, and into Italy to attack the Romans at the start of the […]
Huff Post: by Karol Kuruwala — The video has a surprising (and haunting) twist. DONT NORMALIZE HATE / YOUTUBE Katy Perry executive produced a video telling the story of Haru Kuromiya, who was incarcerated by the American government during World War I Confronted with an increase in hate crimes and Islamophobic rhetoric, […]
BY MICHAEL HOFFMAN SPECIAL TO THE JAPAN TIMES JAN 14, 2017 When Adam and Eve defied God, creator and master of the universe, and ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge, what did they learn? To say “I.” They learned that they were “naked” — they were selves, egos. […]
Source: The Guardian BY Sam Jones in Madrid The UK’s decision to leave the European Union has fuelled an 80-fold increase in the number of British Sephardic Jews seeking Portuguese […]