Spain’s 1,000-year-old mosque reflects Andalusia’s Islamic heritage
by Daily Sabah with AA ISTANBUL Mar 06, 2026 Edited By Ayşe Sena Aykın A general view of the Almonaster la Real Mosque in southern Spain. (Shutterstock Photo) Perched on a […]
KADEM workshop highlights legacy of female Muslim writers in Istanbul
by Amez Ahmed ISTANBUL Jul 12, 2026 – Participants pose for a group photo during KADEM’s international workshop, Istanbul, Türkiye, July 11, 2026. (Courtesy of KADEM) Academics from around the world […]
Istanbul Sabancı Museum opens Ottoman calligraphy exhibition
by Daily Sabah ISTANBUL Jun 10, 2026 An example of calligraphy on display at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM), Istanbul, Türkiye. (Photo courtesy of Sakıp Sabancı Museum) The exhibition titled “Scribbled […]
Saudi Arabia discovers inscription mentioning Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab
by Anadolu Agency ISTANBUL Jun 10, 2026 – Edited By Nurbanu Tanrıkulu Kızıl A rock inscription bearing the name of Umar ibn al-Khattab discovered during archaeological surveys in the Medina region. (Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission) Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission announced the discovery of a rock inscription bearing the name of […]
Forgotten giants: Prominent Muslim women who shaped the Islamic Golden Age
Adejumo Yaseer Oladimeji8th June 2026Save Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art/Unsplash Many people today assume that Islam deprived women of their rights and restricted their intellectual and social participation. However, historical evidence from the Islamic Golden Age (8th-14th centuries) presents a very different reality: Muslim women were scholars, educators, university founders, patrons of […]
Famous Islamic Scientists Who Changed the World
@singaporesedekah.com The Golden Age of Islamic Science Overview of the Golden Age The Golden Age of Islamic Science, spanning from the 8th to the 14th centuries, was a period marked by significant advancements in various scientific fields. Scholars from the Islamic world made groundbreaking contributions that laid the foundations for […]
Islamic Golden Age
*, The Golden Age, The Legacy The Islamic Golden Age is traditionally dated from the mid-7th century to the mid-13th century during which Muslim rulers established one of the largest empires in history. During this period, artists, engineers, scholars, poets, philosophers, geographers, and traders in the Islamic world contributed to agriculture, the […]
Turkish scholar links ‘lost’ Timurid works to European archives
by Daily Sabah with AA ISTANBUL Jun 02, 2026 – Ancient books in an old library. (Shutterstock Photo) Turkish academic, professor Selin Şenocak, said European archives have begun the scientific identification of manuscripts and historical artifacts from the Timurid era that were long considered “lost.” Şenocak, who heads the UNESCO Cultural Diplomacy Chair […]
Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldun Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406) was one of the most remarkable Muslim scholars of the pre-modern period. He founded what he called the science of human society or social organization, as well as a new methodology for writing history and a new purpose for it, namely to understand the causes […]
Islam’s reformists: Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and Pan-Islamism
by Mehmet Hasan Bulut ISTANBUL Dec 19, 2021 – DAILY SABAH Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, circa 1883. (WikiMedia Commons Photo) From Egypt to the Ottoman Empire to Europe, from assassinations to revolutions, Jamal al-Din al-Afghani’s life spanned several countries in his mission to reform Islam and destroy its historical roots with his […]
Journey of mathematical language’s relationship with truth in Islamic civilization
by Mahmut Özer May 02, 2026 – DAILY SABAH “From a hierarchy of sciences and debates on knowledge, mathematics rises from abstract uncertainty to a trusted guide to reality.” (Getty Images Photo) From earth to stars, doubt to certainty, the mind climbed, until numbers themselves became truth’s quiet voice In […]
Makkah museum spotlights historic Qur’an art
Previous 1 / 8 The Holy Qur’an Museum at the Hira Cultural District in Makkah is showcasing a rare 19th-century Qur’an manuscript from India. (SPA) 2 / 8 The Holy Qur’an Museum […]
The Travels of Ibn Battuta
Introduction Welcome to this tour of Ibn Battuta’s medieval travels! You will be following in the footsteps of this famous 14th century Muslim traveler, exploring the places he visited and […]
The greatest Muslim geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi: Part II
by A. Peter Dore Apr 13, 2026 – 1:33 pm GMT+3 The “Kitab Rudjdjar” (“Tabula Rogeriana”), an early world map by the Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100–1165), was made in […]
Tracing Muslim Roots: A Brief History of the Hui
In November of 2004 an account of ethnic fighting in rural Henan, China, appeared in newspapers in the United States. Seven people were reported killed and dozens injured after a traffic accident involving a Han Chinese driver and a Hui Chinese driver erupted into violence. The inference that ethnic tensions […]
Madrassas, mosques shape Uzbekistan’s twin cultural cities
by Daily Sabah with AA ISTANBUL Feb 11, 2026 – A general view of Tilya Kori Madrassa, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Nov. 20, 2025. (AA Photo) From the grandeur of Samarkand’s Registan Square […]
Neo-nationalism and the decline of human values
Islam’s vision of universal brotherhood beyond nationalism 10th February 2026 Shahood Asif, Lecturer, Jamia Ahmadiyya International, Ghana The world order established in the aftermath of the Second World War now […]
15 Famous Muslim (Arab & Persian) Scientists and their Inventions
By Scientist Muslim scientists and inventors, including Arabs, Persians and Turks, were probably hundreds of years ahead of their counterparts in the European Middle Ages. They drew influence from Aristotelian philosophy and Neo-platonists, as well as Euclid, Archimedes, Ptolemy and others. The muslims made innumerable discoveries and wrote countless books about […]
Islamic Golden Age
*, The Golden Age, The Legacy The Islamic Golden Age is traditionally dated from the mid-7th century to the mid-13th century during which Muslim rulers established one of the largest empires in history. During this period, artists, engineers, scholars, poets, philosophers, geographers, and traders in the Islamic world contributed to agriculture, the […]
Karbala: The Timeless Stand for Justice
MAGAZINE: EDITION JULY 2025Farrukh TahirThe Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) 14th September 2025 reviewofreligions.org © Shutterstock Farrukh Tahir, Toronto, Canada The plains of Karbala (a city in Central Iraq) in 680 […]