History

The first responders from the Crusades to Gaza

Dr. Osman Latiff

We need to recognise the true first responders to atrocities, both past (poets) and present (Gazans and students).

The first responders from the Crusades to Gaza

Dr. Osman Latiff 15 Min Read

We need to recognise the true first responders to atrocities, both past (poets) and present (Gazans and students).

Tracing the City of London’s Ottoman links

Edward Rowe 12 Min Read

Did you know that London’s primary financial centre has many Ottoman connections?

Muharram and ʿĀshūra in the age of unabated genocide

Shaykh Ali Hammuda 20 Min Read

Reducing Muharram to history and law misses its deeper message — one that speaks to a wounded but rising Ummah in Gaza and beyond.

A Russian Confession, Tolstoy’s fascination with Islam

Shaymaa Khalid 14 Min Read

This is the tale of a Russian confession, of one of the greatest European thinkers of recent times.

Vikings, Turks, and an Abbasid Envoy

Edward Rowe 15 Min Read

The works of the 10th-century Muslim diplomat Ahmad ibn Fadlān help us better understand Viking history, including here in Britain.

Battle for truth has endured from Badr to Gaza

Dr. Miraj Din 5 Min Read

Take a look at the 313 who shaped our civilisation and we can reclaim the meaning of heroism.

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