Whether or not minarets are actually used to call the faithful to prayer, they remain potent symbols of Islam, and have sometimes been targeted accordingly. their prophet" from their "towers and foggy heights." The Córdoban theologian Eulogius...

A popular opinion on the Arabian Peninsula is that the veil is something foreign – introduced to the Arabs by either the Persians or the Turks. Many men and women equally point out that in the time of the Prophet, that is when Islam was at its...

I have dozens of unread books on my shelves, including some French books. But a couple of weeks ago I had the urge to read something different in French – I didn't know what – so I decided to make a visit to Family Bookshop, which stocks some...

Student, discussing the difference between conventional and Islamic credit cards: "With conventional cards, if you don't pay, interest increases." I heard, "If you don't pray." A certain logic there.

Something wonderful happened to me a few weeks ago: my laptop died. After my fears about losing work were assuaged (thank you, Farukh, for your professional services), I found that I felt liberated without a computer screen at home to distract me (I...