Jinnah’s secret illness, Ruttie’s love story and Parsi Doctors Who May Have Shaped Pakistan’s Birth
In the summer of 1916, Parsi industrialist Sir Dinshaw Petit invited Mohammad Ali Jinnah, then a prominent barrister and rising political […]
Muslim Influence on Portugal and Spain: Language, Culture & Forgotten History of Co-existence
Muslims deeply influenced the language, architecture, and philosophy of Spain and Portugal through centuries of forgotten exchanges, shaping the Iberian identity and challenging long-standing historical narratives that frame Christian-Muslim relations solely through the lens of conflict
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Center for Islamic Civilization: Al-Khwarizmi, Alfraganus, Avicenna and Uzbekistan’s Legacy
Uzbekistan’s Center for Islamic Civilization in Tashkent brings together centuries of Islamic heritage, scholarship, science, and culture, showcasing historic exhibits and the achievements of figures such as Babur, Al-Biruni, Al-Khwarizmi, Avicenna, and Alfraganus
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The Great Shamsuddin Family: Anusha Rizvi’s Powerful Portrait Normalizing Indian Muslim Life
Anusha Rizvi’s JioHotstar film The Great Shamsuddin Family offers an intimate, unexoticised portrait of ordinary Muslim life, a rarity in Indian cinema, set amid family banter, work, relationships, fear and uncertainty, exploring identity, vulnerability and resilience without reducing its characters to stereotypes
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Medina Charter to Indonesia: How Prophet Muhammad’s Vision Shapes Muslim World
Muslim thinkers and leaders have reinterpreted Prophet Muhammad’s seventh-century Medina Charter from Indonesia to Malaysia, Morocco, Turkey, and Sudan, seeking peaceful coexistence, human dignity, and a more inclusive Muslim world based on a vision of pluralism, justice, religious freedom, and common citizenship
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From Sykes-Picot to Radcliffe: How British Borders from Ireland to India Sparked Conflict
Britain’s imperial border-making, from Ireland and the Sykes-Picot settlement in West Asia to the Radcliffe Line in India, carved through communities and territories, disrupting longstanding social and economic ties, causing displacements, sectarian tensions and conflicts whose consequences continue to shape Ireland, West Asia and South Asia today
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Spice Trade, Dutch Colonialism and Indian Influence in Post-Colonial Nation-Building in Indonesia
The global spice trade transformed Indonesia into the centre of European colonial rivalry, where Dutch conquest and the Banda genocide gave way to a post-colonial nation shaped by Sukarno’s anti-colonial vision, the Bandung Conference, enduring Indian civilisational influences, and cultural traditions such as wayang, the Ramayana, and the Mahabharata
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Islamophobia: How Medieval Myths, Colonialism, and Media Shaped Anti-Muslim Stereotypes
Islamophobia is the product of centuries of narratives stretching from medieval Europe and the Crusades through colonialism, Orientalism, and the modern media age, with anti-Muslim stereotypes repeatedly reshaped to suit changing political, religious, and ideological contexts, portraying Muslims as threats, outsiders, or security risks
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Nahdlatul Ulama: How World’s Largest Muslim Organisation Emerged from Ottoman Collapse to Champion Humanitarian Islam
Nahdlatul Ulama emerged in 1926 after the collapse of the Ottoman Caliphate and the reshaping of the Muslim world, developing a model rooted in scholarship, pluralism, and compassion that evolved into the world’s largest Muslim organization and a leading advocate of Humanitarian Islam, interfaith cooperation, and global peace
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From Islamic Economics to MADANI: How Muhammad Nejatullah Siddiqi Shaped Anwar Ibrahim’s Thinking
When Anwar Ibrahim was making his name as a promising student leader in the 1970s, an Indian economist’s works were among those the future Malaysian Prime Minister immersed himself in
