Mongol conquests of the XIII-XIV centuries. sowed death and destruction throughout Central Asia and the Middle East. The Mongols managed to create an empire that covered most of Asia and became the…

The tale of the heroism of the small band of brothers who fought alongside Abdulaziz ibn Abdul Rahman, the founder of Saudi Arabia, in his epic battle to recapture Riyadh…

It surprises people to learn that women living under an Islamic order could be scholars, that is, hold the authority that attaches to being knowledgeable about what Islam commands, and…

After Muhammad  had preached publicly for more than a decade, the opposition to him reached such a high pitch that, fearful for their safety, he sent some of his adherents to…

How the 10th-century Muslim polymath gave physicians a new perspective when it came to examining infectious diseases. Ibn al Jazzar, a 10th-century Muslim polymath, was the first to diagnose leprosy, explaining the…

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 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…

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…

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….