IN WHAT AYATS OF THE QURAN DOES SPEAK ABOUT THE MOSQUE OF AL-AKS?
The first qibla in Islam is the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem (al-Quds), the shrine of three religions. The site suffagah.com lists verses that refer to this mosque. In the Islamic…
IBN BAWWAB: THE SON OF A DOORKEEPER WHO BECAME A GREAT CALLIGRAPH
Ibn al-Bawwab is considered one of the founders of calligraphic art in the Islamic world, writes Melike Temiz. It is assumed that Ibn al-Bawwab was born in the second half…
In Arabic, Jerusalum is called “Al-Quds”—the Noble, Sacred Place Jerusalem is perhaps the only city in the world that is considered historically and spiritually significant to Jews, Christians, and Muslims…
AN ABANDONED 900-YEAR-OLD MOSQUE IN SAUDI ARABIA JUST REOPENED
It was left abandoned for nearly 20 years. Now, the Al-Atawlah Heritage Mosque in the small village of the same name in Saudi Arabia is open for the world to…
LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT BOOKSELLING IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD
Did you know that there were bookstores a thousand years ago that served treats and held literary readings? Fikriyat cites little-known facts about the book trade in the Islamic world….
LUBNA FROM CORDOBA – ANDALUSIAN WOMAN INTELLECTUAL AND MATHEMATICIAN
Lubna Cordovska – Andalusian woman intellectual and mathematician Born into a family of slaves, Lubna from Cordoba rose to the position of senior secretary of the Caliph and curator of…
Before the spread of printing in thousands of mosques around the world, book-rewriting activities were carried out in libraries called maktaba or hizanatu al-masahif. There was a tradition among scholars…
