In the 1520s and 1530s, a man named Esteban de Dorantes, known as Estevanico, walked across the deserts of what is now Texas, ...
Georgetown Muslim Life collaborated with America’s Islamic Heritage Museum to display an art exhibit depicting the historical impact of Muslims in the United States. The exhibit, titled “Forgotten ...
Their writings offer glimpses into their lives, as well as the cultural traditions they carried with them across the Atlantic ...
The series tells the stories of an enslaved African Muslim who gained his freedom in the early republic; a founding father who imagined Muslims as future citizens; a Muslim soldier who fought for the ...
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 ...
PINJRAWAN PANCHAYAT, India — In a remote town in the Indian state of Bihar, a peculiar grave stands. This grave holds the half-burnt books that lie behind the blackened library walls of Azizia Madrasa ...
A new website from the Brooklyn Historical Society sheds light on the history and experiences of Muslims in Kings County through dozens of oral histories — allowing outsiders to view the borough ...
The Significance of the Kaaba to Muslims: Spiritual Meaning, History, and Global UnityThe Kaaba holds a deeply honored place ...
Casa Batlló was inspired by the Spanish Mudéjar design style, the art developed by Muslims who remained in Iberia after 1492, which comprises brightly-coloured bricks and tiles. La Casa Mila, also ...
What did the Declaration mean when it said we’re all created equal?