Meet the Muslim who cracked history’s most famous code
by Hassam Munir It’s safe to say that there is no ancient writing system that has captured the attention of anyone who came across it the way Egyptian hieroglyphic writing has….
El Qutlugh Khatun, the Mongol warrior-princess who went for Hajj
Written by Hassam Munir In 1323, a peace agreement was negotiated between the Mamluks, who controlled Egypt, Syria, and the Hijaz (i.e. Makkah and Madinah), and the Ilkhanate Mongols, who…
Adhan (Muslim Call to Prayer) is One of the Most Beautiful Sounds in the World: Morgan Freeman
Adhan (call to prayer) is an inseparable part of Muslims’ life. The Muezzin (Caller) calls believers to come and submit to Allah. It is indeed a beautiful sound and brings…
According to the Pew Research Centre[1] Islam is currently the second largest religion in the world after Christianity. If the demographic trends continue Islam is expected to overtake Christianity before…
By Aisha Stacey Prophet Moses is a central figure in the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Long after the time of Prophet Joseph, the Jewish people had been reduced to…
Mathematician, Gary Miller Who Tried to Prove Quran Wrong, Accepted Islam
It was not a big surprise that Dr. Gary Miller; a professor of mathematics converts to Islam. However, what’s even more surprising is that many like him among the nations’…
Qalasādi, the last great Muslim mathematician of Spain
By Hassam Munir Nowadays we can’t really imagine algebra that doesn’t involve symbols, but there was a time when bringing some of these symbols into the world of math was…
Voltaire, Rousseau and Napoleon on Prophet Muhammad ﷺ
Written by Hassam Munir Voltaire, Rousseau, Henri de Boulainvilliers and Napoleon all commented on Prophet Muhammad. The Enlightenment in France had changed the way they thought of him. Islamic scholars have…
The Muslimah Scientist Who Discovered A Whole New Type Of Galaxy
Turkish-born astrophysicist Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil shares her name with a rare double ring of stars more than 350 million light-years away. Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil is an astrophysicist at the University of Arizona. She…
By Tabassum “Why does the shaytan always try and mess us up? Can’t he just do good deeds himself? All this energy he puts into our lives, he could have…
