Poetry

By: Faysal Burhan Published: 2002 Poetry was central to the social, political, and spiritual Arab life. A...

Politics

Published: 2002 After their victory over the Umayyads, the’ Abbasids transformed the Umayyads’ Arab empire into...

Printing

Printing By: Faysal Burhan Initial Publication: 2002, From www.islamicity.com Legend has it that during Abbasid rule, the secret...

Property Rights

Property Rights Published: 2002 Before Islam, widowed and divorced women were not permitted to remarry. Women in...

Public Health

Public Health Published: 2002 The earliest hospital in Islam was a mobile dispensary following the Muslim armies,...

Reasons and Rationality

Reasons and Rationality Published: 2002 No one before Islam was encouraged to use reasoning. Repression was based...

Scientific Method

Setting the Record Straight

Setting the Record Straight Published: 2002 “Setting the Record Straight,” Appendix B of the book, “The Miracle...

The Renaissance

Published: 2002 The influence of Islam on Europe is responsible for the rapid advancement of Europe in...

Time Keeping

Time Keeping Published: 2002 The Islamic Calendar The Islamic Calendar (or Hijri calendar) is purely lunar. It...