Geometric motifs were popular with Muslim artists and designers in all parts of the world, at all times, and for decorating every surface, whether walls or floors, pots or lamps, book covers or ...

[1] The calligraphic tradition, initially growing out of the demand for illuminated Qur'ans, was later used to embellish both religious and secular art in the Islamic world, and often appeared in ...

2, p. 181. First published in 1988, Ira Lapidus' A History of Islamic Societies has become a classic in the field, enlightening students, scholars, and others with a thirst for knowledge about one of ...

The book surveys four kinds of Islamic charities—traditional, professional, partisan, and state. The focus is on ground realities, on the activities of welfare workers and beneficiaries, mostly ...

Can the Islamic state succeed where Islamists are being elected? CFR Adjunct Senior Fellow Noah Feldman's new book, The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, seeks to answer these questions through ...

Image caption, The Book of Ingenious Devices published in AD850. It is believed to be written by three brothers working at the House of Wisdom. Islamic astronomers improved the astrolabe which was ...

QED. Opposition to this unholy alliance between radical Islam and leftist sophistry is the animating spirit of a provocative and profane new book, Islam and the Future of Tolerance, co-written by ...

Bright pink and unmistakable, the Dimaukom Mosque of Maguindanao in the Philippines opened for worship in 2014, built with ...

In her book "In Search of Islamic Feminism: One Woman's Global Journey", Elizabeth Warnock Fernea helps us understand and appreciate Muslim society and its struggle with modern life through an ...

In “All the Worst Humans,” Phil Elwood recounts a career spent engineering headlines for some of the world’s villains. By Jim Windolf New novels from J. Courtney Sullivan and Liz Moore, a ...

Now, the author, speaker and activist has written a book to help others fight back. Called “30 Rights of Muslim Women,” the ...