Arabic calligraphy: Ancient craft, modern art
By Iain Akerman/Arab News The art of Arabic calligraphy has been enhanced and developed over the course of a millennia. It has written the word of God, helped preserve human […]
How modern mathematics emerged from a lost Islamic library
By Adrienne Bernhard 7th December 2020 Centuries ago, a prestigious Islamic library brought Arabic numerals to the world. Though the library long since disappeared, its mathematical revolution changed our world. […]
Why has the West turned against Islam?
Source: The Daily Sabah BY MUHITTIN ATAMAN Historically, Western governments prefer liberal values and principles in their foreign relations only when they enjoy a competitive advantage. When the governments experience […]
A 13th-Century Persian poet’s lessons for today
Source: BBC By Joobin Bekhrad In the 13th Century AD, during one of the most turbulent periods in Iranian history, the poet Sa’di left his native Shiraz to study in […]
What can Avicenna teach us in time of Coronavirus?
Source: Al Jazeera By Hamid Dabashi, who is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Every day at 7pm in New York, we come […]
Interview with pioneering Islamic thinker Fehmi Jadaane What is the essence of Islam, and does it need reforming?
What is the essence of Islam, and does it need reforming? Source: The Guardian Renowned Jordanian Islamic scholar Fehmi Jadaane vehemently objects to the transformation of Islam into an ideology. […]
Reducing History: The Crackdown on Islam in China and India
Source: International Policy Digest By Stephen Chan We enter 2020 with a sense that Islamic populations are under siege in both China’s Xinjiang province and throughout India. That the two […]
Muslim scholar Ghazali passed away 908 years ago
One of his titles Mujaddid means renewer of faith who appears once in century Source: AA By Ayse Busra Erkec Muslims across the world will commemorate the 908th death anniversary […]
World without Muslims
Source: Dr Syed Basharat of Germany Ian Bremmer, a Political Scientist and a University professor highlighted an important point that overall, Muslims account for just 0.00625%. Moreover, he had a […]
Al-Bukhari: the master in the science of Prophetic narrations
Source: Gulf-Times.com His mother woke up and said happily: “What a pleasant dream! Allah’s messenger Ibraaheem, may Allah exalt his mention, appeared in my dream, and said: ‘O woman! Allah […]
‘The Life and Legend of the Sultan Saladin’ Review: A Portrait of a Champion
The legend of Saladin as an ideal Quranic leader who fought back invaders remains a potent symbol in the Islamic world’s public memory. Source: The Wall Street Journal By Christopher […]
100 Years Ago… – Ahmadiyya Mission News
Source: alhakam.org The Review of Religions, August & September 1919 Chaudhry Fateh Mohammad Sayal and Mr Abdul Rahim Nayyar who left Qadian for England in the middle of July last, reached London on 6 August 1919. For the present their activities are confined to the lines already followed by our […]
100 Years Ago… This week in history of Islam Ahmadiyyat
Source: alhakam.org | Ahmadi news from around the world Al Fazl, 12 July 1919 London letter Hazrat Maulana Mufti Muhammad Sadiq Sahib has been appointed in London to represent the Ahmadiyya Jamaat regarding the national reforms for Hindustan. He is engaged in carrying out the assigned task through writing articles, […]
Move to Islamabad: A Historic Moment in Ahmadiyya History
Source: pressahmadiyya.com HISTORIC MOMENT – ISLAMABAD IN SURREY BECOMES THE NEW HEADQUARTERS AND CENTRE OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY. After 35 blessed and prosperous years at Fazl Mosque, the new […]
‘Turkey, Iran should join forces to help Islamic world’
December 2, 2018 Turkey and Iran need to work together to find solutions to the problems of the Islamic world and for the unity of the Muslim […]
Object lessons: how a new exhibition challenges old clichés about Islamic art—and people
A new gallery at the heart of the British Museum gloriously explodes our preconceptions by Sameer Rahim / November 13, 2018 In 1994, off the coast of Salcombe Bay […]
The true face of Islam won’t be found in mosques or Muslim schools, but at the British Museum
There, the new Islamic gallery, dazzles visitors and defies every certainty promoted by today’s hardline Muslim activists Ed Husain Right, a page from the Hamzanama, c.1558-73, depicting Elijah rescuing Amir […]
Five Epic Stories From Lost Islamic History
Source: Halal Incorp By Maj Hussain, Director Halal Incorp Check out five tales related to Islamic history not often known or taught in mainstream society or educational institutions. These stories […]
Constantine the African and the Qayrawani doctors
Constantine the African and the Qayrawani doctors: Contribution of the ‘Phoenicians’ of North Africa to Latin Medicine in the Middle Ages and Renaissance by: Charles Burnett When a sixteenth-century medical […]
Manuscript Review: The Book of Observations and Admonitions, by Ibn Sina
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles about the Muslim heritage; which is also the best tool to refute Islamophobia By N.A. Baloch Ibn Sina flourished as a great physician […]
