Tag Archives: HISTORY

Jahangir Mohammed joins us this week on the Unscripted podcast to talk about the idea behind the new think tank Ayaan Institute.

Moazzam Begg writes on the life and legacy of Zaynab al-Ghazali and why you need to know about her

On this week’s Unscripted we’re joined by a pair of history communicators, Dr Stef Keris and Abu Zakariya.

Sh Ali Hammuda introduces a new collaborative series with Dr Uthman Lateef, Ust Fatima Barkatulla, Sh Bilal Ismail, Moazzam Begg, Dilly Hussain, and many more on a very important theme

Did you know 'Umar b. al Khattab was accused of burning down the Alexandrian Library?

“It isn’t atheism per se that the apostate Muslim is embracing,” writes sociologist Mirza Safwat. “It isn’t an intellectual matter but a civilizational one; it needs to be understood not philosophically but sociologically…”

In this short article, I would like to share some historical notes about Islam’s first connections with Sub-Saharan (i.e. Black) Africa.

"This prayer was not only a ritual act of worship but a bold statement to the world of the resurgence of Turkey’s Islamic heritage."

On the grand reopening of Masjid Aya Sophia, Ottoman historian Dr Yakoob Ahmed discusses the history and broader Eurocentric discourses surrounding the Hagia Sophia, Islamic history and conquest.

Moazzam Begg & Dr Uthman Lateef talk Srebrenica