Explore the history of Islamic nations from the birth of the religion in 622 to its rise in the 7th and 8th centuries.

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The “Islam History Atlas,” which enables users to explore nearly 1,300 years of Islamic history through geography, dynasties, scholars, cities and historical events, brings history and geography ...

Today’s popular Islamist movements call for the establishment of the sharia as a crucial plank in their political platform. Given the severity of some of the law’s provisions, why has this call for ...

When Harry Bastermajian inherited a collection of notes from Sir Hamilton Gibb in 2016, he said it was like viewing a time capsule. He had recently become executive director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin ...

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 ...

In this episode of Crash Course Religions, we dig into the beliefs, pillars, and spread of Islam. Many Muslims believe it’s their religious duty to pray five times a day in the direction of the Kaaba ...

The history of Islamic thought is a well-told tale, by both Muslim and Western scholars. This brief book thus offers little new. But it is a more than serviceable introduction for English-speaking ...

In conversation with Faisal Devji, renowned historian, author of several books, and Beit Professor of Global and Imperial History at the University of Oxford. Faisal Devji (FD): It was not Zionism ...

For people who would like to learn more about Islam, The Conversation is publishing a series of articles, available on our website or as six emails delivered every other day, written by Senior ...