Hebrew Scripture has many accounts of great victories, such as Joshua’s conquest of the Holy Land and King David’s many successful battles against his enemies all around. But its pages are also filled ...
(RNS) — The book pushes back on stereotypes of Muslim women being oppressed and subservient, and instead highlights stories of prominent rulers who influenced Islamic civilization. (RNS) — In “Queens ...
In collaboration with the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, the students created an immersive AR experience that showcases some of the museum’s most iconic artifacts – ranging from ancient ...
In 1807, Omar ibn Said, an itinerant Islamic scholar in West Africa, was taken prisoner during a military conflict and enslaved. About 37 years old at the time of his enslavement, he survived the ...
During the Abbasid Caliphate, spanning from the 8th to the 13th centuries, the Islamic world in what is today Uzbekistan and the surrounding regions was one of the most important centers of knowledge.
When Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev first told the United Nations General Assembly in 2017 that his country planned to establish an Islamic Civilization Center, the ambition was clear: this ...
Calligraphy is one of the most revered artforms in Islamic culture and Habibulloh Solih is one of its leading practitioners. With the title of “master calligrapher,” the Uzbek artist’s work is ...