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Islamic History

The fall of Granada/ introduction

It is said among Muslims that the hills of El Pujarra around Granada still weep for the sound of the adhan every morning and the mosque of Cordoba stays awake all night waiting for the sajda of a single momin. More

The fall of Granada/ introduction

Islamic History

Origins of the Ottoman Empire/1

The origins of the Ottoman Empire are to be found in a combination of Turkish asabiyah and the Islamic spirit of ghazza (meaning, struggle in the cause of God). Asabiyah, a term used by Ibn Khaldun to denote tribal cohesion, is the force that holds together tribes through bonds of blood, a characteristic found in abundance among peoples of the More

Origins of the Ottoman Empire/1

Islamic History

Al-Masudi/1

Al Masudi was a descendant of Abdullah Ibn Masud, a companion of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh). He was born and educated in Baghdad during the reign of Caliph Al Mu’tadid More

Al-Masudi/1

Rightly Guided Caliphs

Omar Ibn al Khattab

He was one of the greatest of conquerors, a wise administrator, a just ruler, a monumental builder and a man of piety who loved God with the same intensity that other conquerors of his caliber have loved gold and wealth, More

Omar Ibn al Khattab

Islamic World

Sukuk issuance to drive growth in Islamic finance

Much of the growth in Islamic finance is expected to come from capital markets business relating to sukuk (Islamic bond) according to Standard Chartered Saadiq. More

Sukuk issuance to drive growth in Islamic finance

World News

Climate-change-threaten-Muslim-world

Climate change threatens to wipe out areas of the Islamic world within two decades, the spiritual leader of around 25 million Muslims said on Saturday. More

Climate-change-threaten-Muslim-world

World News

First major Quran exhibition in US set to open

Forty-seven centuries old handwritten Qurans from Turkey will be presented Saturday at the first major Quran exhibition here at the Smithsonian Institution. More

First major Quran exhibition in US set to open

Islamic World

Israeli forces demolish Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem

Following a number of controversial excavations in recent weeks to Islamic holy sites, a new violation took place Tuesday by Israeli troops who accompanied Israeli government officials to demolish a Muslim cemetery. More

Israeli forces demolish Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem

Muslim Minority

Australian Mosques Opened Doors To Non-Muslims

All Australians were welcomed into mosques to ask questions and learn about Islam as masjids across the country opened their doors on Saturday for National Open Mosque Day. More

Australian Mosques Opened Doors To Non-Muslims

Islamic World

Turkey appoints imam for Hagia Sophia+ video

Hagia Sophia was the greatest Christian Cathedral in the world for nearly 10 centuries, before it was turned into a Muslim mosque in 1453 after the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks. More

Turkey appoints imam for Hagia Sophia+ video

World News

American Islamic lecturer captivates audience

Oman is one of only a handful of countries in the world that follows the true principals of Islam, respecting diversity, tolerance and hospitality, said Yusuf Estes, an American Islamic lecturer. Estes spent Tuesday night preaching Islam to an audience of more than 300 people. The lecture was extremely interactive and Sheikh Estes had audience More

American Islamic lecturer captivates audience

World News

Christians and Muslims on pioneering ethical finance plans

A world leading interfaith initiative aimed at creating a practical ethical financial solution will move a step closer today (24 October 2016) at a private round table to be held in the House of Lords. More

Christians and Muslims on pioneering ethical finance plans