AvatarMurad KarimiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoCreating the Qur’an by Stephen J. Shoemaker (Book Review)worldhistory.org - Boopala ArulIn "Creating the Qur'an," Stephen Shoemaker, a specialist on early Christianity and Islam at the University of Oregon, aims to convince readers and …
AvatarMurad KarimiAvatarAvatarDreams in IslamJSTOR Daily - Livia GershonEven before the founding of Islam, Arabia was home to professional dream interpreters. In cultures around the world, people have used the things they …
AvatarMurad KarimiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe adventures of Ibn Battuta, the greatest explorer you’ve never heard offactinate.com - Jamie HayesIbn Battuta was a legendary explorer. He came face to face with danger, adventure, and death nearly every step of the way—but few know his dark …
AvatarMurad KarimiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIslamic Golden Ageworldatlas.com - Connor BrightonThe Islamic Golden Age lasted nearly 500 years, roughly between the 8th and 13th centuries AD. During this period, monumental breakthroughs in math, …
AvatarMurad KarimiAvatarAvatarA tale of two Rumis – of the East and of the Westverified_publisherAl Jazeera - Indlieb Farazi SaberExactly 750 years after death, Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi remains a mystery. Was he a Muslim scholar or spiritual pundit? Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi’s spiritual poems and perpetual wisdom have transcended time and cultures. Seven hundred and fifty years after his death, the celebrated Persian thinker …
AvatarMurad KarimiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoVerses and Reality: What the Koran Really Says about Jewsjcpa.orgThe question of the Koran’s attitude toward Jews is not merely a theoretical-academic matter. Because of the centrality of the Koran in the life of …
AvatarMurad KarimiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoHow Ancient Greek Knowledge Was Saved by the Islamic Golden Age - GreekReporter.comgreekreporter.com - Anna WichmannThe Islamic Golden Age was a period during which science, literature, geometry, astronomy, and other fields of knowledge flourished from the eighth …
AvatarMurad KarimiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoProphet Muhammad’s Very Rabbinic Ally – OpEdeurasiareview.com - Rabbi Allen S. MallerDuring more than a decade of preaching Allah’s words to the idol worshiping, pagan polytheists of Makkah, Prophet Muhammad had been ignored, …
AvatarMurad KarimiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Umayyad Caliphate: The Largest Islamic Statethecollector.com - Ilyas BenabdeljalilIn the years following Mohammed’s death, the Islamic Nation was ruled by four “rightly-guided” Caliphs. It was the era of the Rashidun Caliphate. …
AvatarMurad KarimiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIbn Sina: The Greatest Thinker of the Islamic Golden Agethecollector.com - Luke DunneIbn Sina, known in the west as Avicenna via the Hebrew translation of his name, is one of the most influential thinkers of the Islamic Golden Age. …
AvatarMurad KarimiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 Aristotelian Concepts that Influenced Ibn Sinathecollector.com - Luke DunneIbn Sina was a highly original philosopher, who wrote at a time when extraordinary poise was required to balance the requirements of reason and faith …
AvatarMurad KarimiFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoIbn Sina vs Al-Ghazali: Is Philosophy Heresy?thecollector.com - Luke DunneThis article explores Al-Ghazali’s engagement with previous Islamic philosophy, in particular that of Ibn Sina, and hopes to explain why he argued …