Introduction -- Eastern Mediterranean and Gulf region -- Iraq, Iran and South Asia -- Turkey and Central Asia -- Africa -- Asia Pacific -- Europe and the Americas -- Women in Islamic architecture -- A ...
A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity; By Michael A. Cook; Princeton University Press; 960 pp., $39.95 “The text,” Ted replies. “OK, that’s right. But they never ...
Tucked between narrow medieval lanes in historic Jeddah, the Othman bin Affan Mosque is offering a rare, layered look into ...
At the minimum, here’s what Christians should know. As religious historian Rodney Stark has shown, religions compete. Early in the seventh century AD, Judaism was making inroads in Arabia, but it had ...
The governments of both countries have repeatedly cast the other as evil, perpetuating a cycle that has culminated in the ...