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 ...

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 ...

While much of Europe was stuck in the Dark Ages, the spread of Islam led to innovations in math, science, and medicine. These ...

Allali is a leadership coach and a member of The San Diego Union-Tribune’s Community Advisory Board. She lives in Clairemont. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, one of the most ...

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 ...

Malika Bilal tells the story of an immigrant with a 200-page pension file detailing his experiences. Malika Bilal (Senior Presenter., Al Jazeera English) tells the recently discovered story of ...

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 ...

Asma Khalid travels to the American South West to tell the story of early South Asian migration. Asma Khalid travels to the American South West to tell the story of Mir Dad, a Muslim man from South ...

Growing up in a traditional Muslim family in Coney Island, Kandeel Javid often prayed at his local mosque. But it rarely brought him peace. Javid was living with a secret: He was gay but couldn't tell ...

Jewish life in the early Islamic world was apparently somewhat positive, especially as compared to Christendom. Jews were living in the Arab world since the Romans conquered Israel in 63 BCE when many ...