Long-standing Christian narratives about Islam continue to inform political language, argues a sociologist of Islam.

From Awadh’s bequests to Muharram politics, Indian Shia solidarity with Iran has deep roots. What fuels it today amid repression? Read on.

I had to go to Dhaka; I had to shed tears at Dhaka's Paltan Ground over our national disgrace. I had to embrace and weep with the stranded Pakistanis in their camps, to tell them we are ashamed that ...

Given the history of turbulent relations between Iran and western nations, was the current conflict between the United States ...

Saghir? Prof. Noor Ahmed Baba traces centuries of Persian influence and explains why West Asia’s war resonates so strongly.

Persian spread as it was a prestigious and developed language that worked as a lingua franca for trade and administration across much of the eastern Islamic world.

Shias, or Shi’a Muslims, are the second-largest branch of Islam after Sunnis. The term Shia comes from Shi’at Ali, or the “party of Ali”, and refers to Muslims who believe that the leadership of the ...

MISCONCEPTIONS about Urdu prose abound. Many believe Urdu prose hardly existed before the revolution of 1857. Some feel there has never been any scientific or philosophic prose in Urdu and most of ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the so-called supreme leader of Iran, is dead. So too are at least 40 senior Iranian regime officials, all of whom were killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes on the Islamic ...

How Did Al-Islam Enter Africa? There were three major stages in the spread of Al-Islam in Africa. The first stage, which began around the eighth century A.D., was characterized by very little ...

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Tony Blair wishes he had known more about the history of Islam before 9/11. “It is precisely here that I made a mistake,” the former British prime minister wrote in his memoir A Journey, admitting ...