A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity; By Michael A. Cook; Princeton University Press; 960 pp., $39.95 “The text,” Ted replies. “OK, that’s right. But they never ...
A global understanding of Islam is impossible in absence of the Islamic art, mysticism, and poetry, writes our columnist Ahmad Sadri. ramil110 / Getty Images I can imagine no greater disservice to ...
On the border of East Harlem and the Upper East Side, the copper dome of the Islamic Cultural Center of New York glows green against the skyline. It’s where Asad Dandia begins one of his walking tours ...
(RNS) — Muslim Americans are gearing up for what overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision could mean for their communities. (RNS) — To Eman Abdelhadi, getting an abortion was the most sensible ...
At the minimum, here’s what Christians should know. As religious historian Rodney Stark has shown, religions compete. Early in the seventh century AD, Judaism was making inroads in Arabia, but it had ...
Islam in the "New World": the historical setting -- Islamic beliefs and practice in colonial and antebellum America -- Conflating race, religion and progress: social change, national identity, and ...
NEW YORK (RNS) — Participants are often surprised when Asad Dandia’s Muslim Harlem tour stops at JC Barbershop in Spanish Harlem — only until he explains it was the headquarters of the country’s first ...
Imam Siraj Wahhaj, an African American Muslim leader and speaker, gave a talk titled “Black History in Islam” on Wednesday, Feb. 28. The event took place in the Student Union Ballroom as part of the ...
“History is written by the winners,” said Accad. “But there was no winner in Lebanon.” ...
Left to right: Sheldon Lee Glashow, USA, Abdus Salam, Pakistan, and Steven Weinberg, USA, before receiving the 1979 Nobel Prize for physics in Stockholm Update October 4, 2023: The Nobel Prize in ...