The Umayyad Caliphate once ruled a vast Islamic empire, but internal divisions, social unrest, and rising opposition led to ...

The Abbasid envoy learned about a range of Viking religious rituals and beliefs too. He wrote, for instance, that the Rūs traders would leave food and drink offerings to idols, hoping this would bring ...

All praise is due to Him, and may His peace and blessings be upon His final Messenger, Muhammad. In 921, the Abbasid diplomat Ahmad ibn Fadlān left Baghdad on a mission to the far north. Tasked with ...

Baghdad, the majestic capital city of the great Abbasid Caliphate. For centuries, the city was a center of culture, learning, trade and religious life. However, in the 1250’s, Hulagu, brother of ...

Through these diverse portrayals, the study reveals how Persian poets negotiated tensions between cultural tradition, religious doctrine, and inner experience. Wine emerges as a powerful literary ...

The Taliban recently suspended chess in Afghanistan. Chess faced bans previously due to religious concerns. Ironically, Islamic world has a rich chess history. The game originated in India as ...

The Abbasid caliphs were the dynastic rulers of the Islamic world between the middle of the 8th and the 10th centuries. They headed a Muslim empire that extended from Tunisia through Egypt, Syria ...

The Abbasid caliphs shifted the capital from Damascus to Baghdad and Syria remained under the Abbasid caliphs until 1260. Although Syria has been a diverse of religions, most Syrians are Muslims ...

AMMAN — The Abbasid presence at Gadara (modern Umm Qais) was mentioned in the works of Arab mediaeval geographers and scholars. That period was also characterised by series of catastrophic earthquakes ...

Religion has long been a central part of life for many. But recent trends in the United States have revealed that increasingly more people are leaving religion. By 2070, many project that Christianity ...