Muslim scientists had developed their own perceptions, meanings and worldviews of knowledge that differ drastically from ...

The rich may well construct domes of gold and silver on their graves! For the poor folks like me, the sky is enough” reads a ...

But after the Muslim empire was established, the doctrine of jihad acquired a more spiritual meaning—it became an internal moral struggle against temptation. Recently, however, extreme Muslim ...

Nomads who had been enlisted to fight the Mongol hordes staked their own claim and took over, transforming the Islamic world. They created the vast Ottoman empire that expanded westward into ...

The Islamic Empire was a time of great innovation, especially in maths, science, and medicine. Arab mathematicians helped to popularise the Indian number system, with its symbol for zero ...

virtual empire. Perhaps, then, the rise of Islam should be read "in reverse"—not as a movement from the religious to the geopolitical, but rather from the geopolitical to the religious.

Blair,S., and J. Bloom. 1994. The Art and Architecture of Islam: 1250-1800. Pelican History of Art. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. Bloom, J., and S ...