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 ...
As we observe Black History Month and prepare for the blessed month of Ramadan, it is befitting that we reflect on the ...
We embrace Black History Month as a sacred moment of remembrance and return — a time to honour heritage, resistance, and ...
The Flag of Israel flying in Jerusalem with the Temple Mount in the distance The book “Islam, Jews and the Temple Mount: The Rock of Our/Their Existence,” is bound to cause an uproar in the Muslim ...
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 ...
PINJRAWAN PANCHAYAT, India — In a remote town in the Indian state of Bihar, a peculiar grave stands. This grave holds the half-burnt books that lie behind the blackened library walls of Azizia Madrasa ...
(RNS) — Black Muslim Americans make up approximately 20% to 25% of the Muslim American population, often leading the way for all Muslims in the area of civil activism. (RNS) — Ninety-seven years ago, ...
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 ...
The history of this small Shiite sect includes assassinations, persecution, and periods of adherence to pluralism. This is the second of a two-part series on Ismailism, a branch of Shiite Islam. To ...