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Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, and Jordan — have strongly condemned Israel’s military strikes on Iran, labeling them as ...
How did Jews live under Muslim rule? This Kings and Generals video explores the status of Jewish communities under the early ...
The land that is now Israel, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria came under Ottoman Turkish rule when they defeated the Mamluk Sultans ...
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Muslim worshippers pray at the Alrasool Islamic Center in Taylorsville in 2024.
The Pew report reveals how religious disaffiliation and population growth have influenced the global religious landscape.
Mosul's Grand al-Nuri Mosque rebuilt after destruction by Islamic State UNESCO led reconstruction ... and rebuilt on top of each other over the ages.
The early Islamic caliphates had better-developed market economies than the nations of Western Europe during the Middle Ages. Accordingly, Sharia-compliant finance (halal, which means permitted ...
A planned overhaul of Syria’s education curriculum is spurring concerns about the new government’s assurances that it will rebuild an inclusive society, and leading some to question whether it ...
While Christianity was the foundation of European society in the Middle Ages, Islam emerged in the Middle East in the 7th century. Islamic leaders called caliphs, along with trained military ...
The Middle Ages include the Islamic "Golden Age", when there was a scientific, cultural and intellectual boom in the Islamic world. "[From] the 7th or 8th century, Islam appears in the global ...