Islam appeared as a religious dispensation in the desert of Arabia in the early eighth century. But it took more than three hundred years for the scholarly elite of Muslims to develop a sophisticated ...

Building a new mosque is often a hot-button topic in Germany. Euro-Islam architecture is paving the way to bridging the cultural gap. German mosques are rarely impressive and grand. Islamic houses of ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Stressing the important role that Iranian teachers play in developing a modern Islamic civilization, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said the current ...

This year was the 45th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. TEHRAN, Iran -- As we entered an old but well-kept two-story brick building in downtown Tehran, we were greeted with a friendly ...

The weight of history behind it, the mosque coming up at Dhannipur to take the place of Babri Masjid is unlikely to resemble its progenitor. The design will be contemporary, S M Akhtar, founder ...

Meet William Lawrie, an expert in Islamic, modern Arabic and Iranian art An expert in Islamic, modern Arabic and Iranian art, William Lawrie didn't grow up surrounded by art. The Christie's specialist ...