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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A painting showing the Prophet Muhammad raising his hands in prayer while standing on the Mountain of Light in Mecca. Siyer-i Nebi ...

For the first time since 2019, Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, is going ahead without any restrictions on attendance numbers. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both 2020 and 2021 had caps on the ...

Lightning from a clear sky — that's how historians have described the rise of Islam. Stories say the Prophet Muhammad received his revelations from the Angel Gabriel deep in the Arabian desert, ...

Suleyman the Magnificent, sultan of the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century. The Empire enslaved millions of people - Pictures From History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Having spent the ...

A global understanding of Islam is impossible in absence of the Islamic art, mysticism, and poetry, writes our columnist Ahmad Sadri. ramil110 / Getty Images I can imagine no greater disservice to ...

President Obama in his Ramadan speech Aug. 13 praised Muslims’ contributions to American history and culture by saying: “Islam has always been part of America.” America has a rich history with Muslims ...