Sancho I, ruler of the kingdom of Léon in the north of modern-day Spain, was overthrown by rebel nobles in A.D. 958. Their motive, even by the turbulent politics of the day, was an unusual one ...

Born in 1962 in Najaf, Iraq, Tabrizian is a high-ranked Shi’a cleric (an ayatollah) and a graduate of major Shi’a seminaries. Although he is currently the most prominent figure in Islamic medicine in ...

Users on Twitter describe how the Ayatollah Tabrizian has publicly denounced Western medicine as "un-Islamic". In a post to over 120,000 followers on the social messaging service Telegram ...

Friday night, Muslims around the world will begin observing the holy month of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. During this month, Muslims (and non-Muslims who want to participate ...

Look at the table below to find out more about important figures in early Islamic medicine. Name What did they study and write about? Al-Razi Studied diseases in children and how the brain worked.