History

Muharram and ʿĀshūra in the age of unabated genocide

Shaykh Ali Hammuda

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

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.

Journalist writes Andalusian nashīd for persecuted Balkan Muslims

Edward Rowe Haris Tagari 10 Min Read

A British Muslim journalist has composed a nashīd commemorating the massacre and displacement of Balkan Muslims over the 19th and 20th centuries.

Rebuilding al-Andalus?

Edward Rowe 16 Min Read

Moorish-inspired architecture in Europe reminds us of the greatness of al-Andalus and Islamic civilisation.

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