A Companion of The Prophet: Sa’id ibn Zayd
Zayd the son of ‘Amr stood away from the Quraysh crowd as they celebrated one of their festivals.…
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Al-Andalus: The Lost Civilization
How many people now know who Ibn Hazm, Al-Mu’tamid, Ibn Tufayl, Abu Ishaq al-Butruji were, or even where…
The Main Factors in the Spread of Islam
Islam, in the tenth century, was the main religion, or at least, the religion of the majority of…
Bishr b. Harith
All human beings are fallible, liable to err and to sin. This is true of even the most…
The end of Russian genocide
Relations between Turks and Russians can be understood in three stages: Turkic-Muslim hegemony, the period of Russian hegemony…
Travel writers and their oriental women
After the period of the Crusades, a more direct and close encounter took place in the 19th century…
Western presentation of the Ottoman Turks
The Turks have never been detached, in Western imagination, from other Islamic nations of the Middle East even…
Sinan, the Architect
Sinan is one of the most internationally renowned and admired architects, and certainly the best architect of the…