By Inas Younis – “The Mending Wall”, a poem published during World War I by American poet Robert Frost, narrates the story of a farmer who contacts his neighbor to help him rebuild the stone wall between their two farms. When the farmer questions the purpose of the wall, the[…]
This represents part two of a feature on the alleged graves of the prophets and companions situated in Palestine/Israel: The region of Palestine and Israel carries much significance in terms of Islamic history, not only for being home to one of the religion’s most important sites in Masjid Al-Aqsa, but[…]
Written and anecdotal records state that the lands of Al-Sham, compromising what is present day Syria, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and parts of Turkey were blessed by the presence of many of the prophets and companions we as Muslims treat as the ‘founding fathers’ of our religion. The region very[…]
By Firas Al-Khateeb – Today, there are over 500 million Muslims throughout the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), making it one of the largest population centers of Muslims in the world. Since Islam first entered India, it has contributed greatly to the area and its people. Today, numerous theories[…]
We believe it isn’t emphasized today as much as it should be that traditional conceptualizations of sciences, whether Islamic or not, were very different from the way modern sciences are currently conceptualized. Most of us assume that humankind is continually improving in its knowledge of existence and thinking so as[…]
In a broad swathe of the Central African Republic (CAR) — roughly the western third of the country — the country’s Muslim minority has largely disappeared. The site of a violent wave of ethnic cleansing in early 2014, this region still very much suffers from its consequences. While a few[…]
The Masjid Al-Aqsa compound in the city of Jerusalem is one reaped in culture and history. It has down the centuries passed through the rule of empires such as the Umayyad Caliphate, the Templar Knights of the First Crusade, the Ayyubid Dynasty, The Ottoman Empire, and more recently the Palestinians.[…]
This is part 2 on media censorship and abuse in the People’s Republic of China Censorship in China is a rather broad and diverse phenomenon covering all areas of information, whether it’s expounded via the internet, radio and television content, print publications, casual literature, or the performing arts. The restrictions[…]
This is first of a two-part feature on media censorship and abuse in the Peoples Republic of China The unexpected detention of 10 South African nationals by authorities in China last month has seemingly rekindled public interest in the oppressive censorship policies of the Far Eastern communist state. The case[…]
Al-Kindi was a prominent individual and a versatile genius in the History of the medieval Islamic Golden Age. He was known as the “Father of Islamic Philosophy”. The titles he earned were endless, aside from being an Iraqi Arab Muslim philosopher; he was a polymath (great thinker due to extensive[…]
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