LONDON: A new Lonely Planet guide to Great Britain features an entire chapter on the country’s little-known Islamic heritage, which stretches back more than 1,200 years. Published this month, “Experience…

When you think of European culture, one of the first things that may come to your mind is the renaissance.  Many of the roots of European culture can be traced…

Wardah Abbas 07 August, 2022 Zainab bint Ali’s Birth Five years after Hijrah, Fatima (RA) gave birth to a baby girl. It is narrated that the Prophet (PBUH) predicted the events…

Zainab bint Younus 03 August, 2022 A tyrant rises to power, ruling his nation with cruelty and hatred. In one fell swoop, he creates a giant chasm between two segments…

Abdul Wahid Hamid Umm Salamah! What an eventful life she had! Her real name was Hind. She was the daughter of one of the notables in the Makhzum clan nicknamed…

This palace-like mosque rises on Yildiz Street in Istanbul’s Besiktas district, writes Merve Nur Türker. When Sultan Abdul-Hamid II refused to live in the Dolmabahce Palace and chose the Yildiz…

The Manuscripts Department of the Leiden University Library, founded in 1575, houses the most valuable Oriental manuscripts. Of the 30,000 manuscripts available here, 6,000 come from the Islamic world, according…

The tradition, when the rulers, dressed in simple clothes, went “to the people” in order to personally see how people live or listen to what they say about themselves, in…