Qur'an, calligrapher Khalil Allah b. Mahmud Shah, Turkey, Ottoman period, September 1517 Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul Qur'an, Afghanistan, Herat, Safavid period, January, 1576, ink, ...

The Georgetown University department of Arabic and Islamic studies will inaugurate an Islamic studies minor beginning in the Fall 2025 semester, members of the department confirmed to The Hoya Feb. 13 ...

Islamic history encompasses two of the most powerful battles in the collective memory and consciousness of Muslim nations: the Battle of the Trench and the Battle of Hattin. Hamas and its allies from ...

(RNS) — In “Queens of Islam: The Muslim World’s Historic Women Rulers,” journalist Tom Verde shares stories of 15 Muslim women rulers, dating back to the early Islamic era through the 17th century.

Iran’s Supreme Leader is dead, and I am glad. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was a vicious and sadistic ruler who led a regime stuffed with vicious and sadistic men. But his long-overdue assassination at the ...

Reporting from Amman, JordanReporting from Amman, Jordan — For more than 800 years, the leaning minaret of Great Nuri Mosque had called Muslims to prayer. A beloved landmark in west Mosul, its ...