An Obscure Centenary
FEBRUARY 22, 2021 BY THOMAS ALBERT HOWARD Readers of the New York Times were greeted yesterday with a full-page paid advertisement, notifying its readers of the 100th anniversary of the […]
Islamic 12th-century bathhouse uncovered in Seville tapas bar
Dazzling geometric motifs dating from Almohad caliphate discovered during renovation of city’s bar Sam Jones in Madrid @swajones Thu 18 Feb 2021 A magnificently decorated 12th-century Islamic bathhouse, replete with […]
The father of modern Islamic Psychology: Dr. Malik Badri’s legacy
RANIA AWAAD 4 DAYS AGO https://cdni0.trtworld.com/w960/q75/99152_Dr_1613636193098.JPG Dr Badri was a pioneer of modern Islamic approaches to psychology who influenced countless students in the field, through whom his legacy lives on. “Don’t worry, Malik, Freud signs their paychecks!” These were words that once comforted the recently deceased father of modern Islamic […]
Bestselling new book tells story of Europe’s forgotten Muslims
Source: Arab News “Minarets in the Mountains” highlights continent’s “indigenous Muslim heritage,” Hussain said It is among Amazon’s bestselling travel books on pre-sales alone. Book written by Tharik Hussain REVIEW […]
Greece rejects legal demands of Muslims for place of worship
BY BETÜL USTA ANKARA EUROPE FEB 22, 2021 A view of the Sultan Hortac Mosque in Greece’s Thessaloniki, which is not open to worship despite its good condition, May, 30, […]
World’s most vicious anti-conversion law and Dalits’ trauma
Political rulers use distinction of Sikhism and Buddhism being Indian faiths, as opposed to the alien faiths of Abrahamic Christianity and Islam to deny reservation to Dalit Christians and Muslims […]
“Islam proclaims that all people are born equal”
Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community calls for equality of all races and peace based upon justice during address at Jalsa Salana Germany On Saturday 26 August 2017, the World Head […]
The everyday ecology of antiblack religion
ANTIBLACKNESS AS RELIGION: BLACK LIVING, BLACK DYING, AND COVID-19 by Matthew J. Smith February 4, 2021 For late historian of (Black) religion Charles H. Long, “America” was an antiblack religion. Reflecting on the assassinations of Medgar Evers and Martin Luther King, Jr., Long mourned the cycles of (anti)black murders in […]
Conversion and race in colonial slavery
CROSSING AND CONVERSION by Katharine Gerbner June 26, 2018 On the evening of February 25, 1760, an enslaved man named Mathew requested baptism from the Moravian missionaries who had recently […]
Exploration and Conquest of the New World
Initial voyages to the New World by Columbus spurred an era of exploration and invasion by other European empires. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Examine the causes and consequences of European exploration and […]
Ted Talk: Louie Schwartzberg: Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.
Epigraph: Whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth glorifies Allah; and He is the Mighty, the Wise. (Al Quran 61:1) In the creation of the heavens […]
The fall of Granada, the glories of Al Andalus and the butchery of Spain
By 5Pillars -2 months ago The Alhambra Palace in Granada On January 2, 1492 the last Muslim kingdom of Al Andalus fell to the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, putting […]
Dinesh Trivedi exclusive: Words like secularism are irrelevant in India
Former TMC leader and MP tells Gulf News the party he helped found has lost its soul Published: February 17, 2021 10:00 Sheela Bhatt, Special to Gulf New Dinesh Trivedi […]
Saudi Arabia’s Asir governor visits mother who spared life of son’s killer to prevent bloodshed
Prince Turki bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz. (SPA) The mother told her children that the criminal should remain safe until authorities arrest him TAREQ AL-THAQAFI February 22, 2021 MAKKAH: The […]
What peace could mean for the South Caucasus
Author YASAR YAKIS February 21, 2021 An Azeri soldier stands in the city of Jabrayil in October after Azeri forces regained control during fighting with Armenia over the breakaway region […]
Muslim world must lead new sustainable development agenda
Author MOHD KHAIRUDDIN AMAN RAZALI February 21, 2021 Muslim world must lead new sustainable development agenda A worker collects palm oil fruits at a plantation in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. […]
Malcolm X family demands reopening of murder investigation
Source: BBC The daughters of assassinated US black civil rights leader Malcolm X have requested that the murder investigation be reopened in light of new evidence. They cite a deathbed […]
Afghanistan Welcomes NATO’s ‘Conditional’ Withdrawal
February 17, 2021 AT News KABUL: The government of Afghanistan announced Wednesday that it supports a “conditional” military withdrawal decided by NATO. Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar said that Kabul supports […]
Ahmadis on the run: Fearing death in People’s Colony
Editor’s Note: This article is from November 2020, but nothing much has changed since then really. Updated 20 Nov, 2020 BY MIRZA IQBAL GUJRANWALA: A pall of fear hangs thick […]