Saudi Arabia’s ruling al-Saud family’s ties with revivalist theologian Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab conferred legitimacy on its rule but they are increasingly being underplayed with an acceleration of modernization
Muslim rulers supported scientists, philosophers, and artists regardless of their backgrounds, built observatories, libraries, academies, and hospitals during the Islamic Golden Age as they oversaw pivotal advancements in mathematics, astronomy, medicine, and philosophy, creating a legacy in science and culture with lasting impact before Europeans wrote Islamic civilization out of history
Marrakesh Declaration connected early Islamic sources and the Prophet Muhammad’s Medina Charter with international human rights law for a model of equal, contractual citizenship as an Islamic principle
The Crusades were not just any other wars or an ordinary event in world history, but a theologically-justified attempt to erase Islam and the Islamic civilisation
The Iranian revolution, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the seizure of Islam’s holiest shrine in 1979 halted Saudi modernization and triggered a chain reaction fueling Islamophobia globally
Two Hellfire missiles with long blades meant to kill targets with kinetic energy to minimize collateral damage were fired on July 30 to take out al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri
In 632 CE, Prophet Muhammad delivered his farewell sermon during his final Hajj pilgrimage at Mount Arafat, addressing equality, justice, women’s rights, racial harmony, economic ethics, and the sanctity of life, making it one of the most influential speeches in Islamic history that continues to influence Muslims and their views on human dignity
Indian expatriates in the Arab world represent a continuation of the enduring India-Arabia relations that date back centuries and enabled enriching exchanges in literature, science, and spirituality, going much beyond Islam and its propagation
ISIS’s brutality triggered a sense of urgency that helped Iraqis rise above regional, ethnic and sectarian divides to help defeat it, and the Christian Babylon Brigade militia was among those who fought ISIS on Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani’s call
The shared veneration for Abrahamic religious figures is common across the Middle East and is rooted in Muslim beliefs perhaps best reflected in the 13th-century Persian poet Saadi’s poem, which likened Adam’s children to valuable limbs of one body
