Listen on iTunes | Listen on Spotify Islam arrived in the Malay world through “good word” and quickly established itself though various...
Throughout history, from sultans and scholars to warriors and commoners, Muslim men have worn head coverings not just simply out...
Listen on iTunes | Listen on Spotify The Islamic sciences were once rooted in an underlying epistemic unity, that existed among all...
On the hills in and around Cape Town you will find dozens of Muslim graves, the oldest of which are...
Timur Khan on invisible Indian writers in 18th century colonial travel writing Students of British rule in South Asia are familiar...
The trailer for Ridley Scott’s 2000 film Gladiator started with the tagline: “The general who became a slave. The slave who became...
Islam in India is often portrayed as a byproduct of the 16th century Persian Mughal Empire; but if you look...
The history of Islam in Africa is almost as old as Islam itself, stretching back to the 7th century. Below,...
‘Discover untold stories’, reads the slogan emblazoned on the back of our tour guide’s t-shirt. With a microphone in hand...
“Islam and Europe”, don’t quite fit, right? One doesn’t belong in the other apparently. “Islam and Muslims should leave Europe!” say extremists...
Life in the Iraqi capital in 1932
A collection of photos, dated 1899, that give us a brief insight into 19th century Algerian life.