Ma’ruf Al-Karkhi
His full name was Abu Mahfuz Ma’ruf b. Firuz al-Karkhi. According to the Shi’i imam ‘Ali b. Musa…
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Islam in Japan
A part from the natural hurdle of the sea which surrounds the islands of Japan, the spread of…
The New Man
Within the movement of history we have been carried to the threshold of a new age open to…
Isaac Newton: The Light At The Beginning of The Tunnel
Early life NEWTON was born prematurely on 25th December 1645 in Woolsthorpe, a hamlet near Grantham in Lincolnshire,…
Lamu’s Sacred Meadows
Lamu Lamu is a small island off the coast of Kenya, no larger than ten square miles. It…
Jafar Ibn Abi Talib
In spite of his noble standing among the Quraysh, Abu Talib, an uncle of the Prophet, was quite…
Classification of Knowledge: A Comparison of Al-Ghazali and Al-Ansari
The lives of al-Ghazali and al-Ansari Abu Hamid al-Ghazali was born in the city of Tus, northern Persia…
Abdurrahman Ibn Avf
He was one of the first eight persons to accept Islam and one of the ten assured of…
Sacred Emigration
Emigration is an important phenomenon in human history. Besides its general relevance to the establishment of civilizations, it…
A Companion Of The Prophet: Mus’ab Ibn Umayr
Mus’ab ibn Umayr was born and grew up in the lap of luxury. His rich parents lavished a…
English Converts To Islam-2
Conversion patterns Lofland and Skonovd (1981) distinguish six types of conversion patterns-intellectual, mystical, experimental, affectional, revivalistic, and coercive.…
Blissful Years of The Jews in The Ottoman State
The world has been the scene of many massacres and countless acts of genocide since mankind appeared on…
A Companion of The Prophet: Talha ibn Ubaydullah
Returning to Mecca in haste after a trading trip to Syria, Talha asked his family: ’Did anything happen…
The Quranic Consept of History and Western Philosphies of History
I wonder whether it is a scepticism to see a political purpose behind some philosophies produced in the…
Transfer of technology from the Islamic world to the West
INTRODUCTION Technology is the tool of civilization, and for Islamic civilization to have been such a leading force…