How Islamic State used video to legitimise its caliphate
The extremist organisation had existed as a mere “paper state” since its founding as the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) in ...
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How Early Islamic Science Advanced Medicine
In Baghdad, Ibn Sina (Avicenna) writes the Canon of Medicine, a five-volume ... the beginning of the Islamic calendar. Just two centuries later, his successors, the caliphs, had extended their ...
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The Abbasids Islam's Golden Age
a new dynasty seized control of one of the world’s greatest empires – the Islamic Caliphate. Though little remembered in the west today, the Abbasids reigned for five centuries. They oversaw ...
Eid-Ul-Fitr 2025: 5 Oldest Mosques In The World
During every Ramadan, these mosques remain vital centers of prayer, reflection, and Islamic heritage. Read to know about ...
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What discoveries were made in the early Islamic civilisation?
Mosque and hospital of Divriği in modern day Turkey. It was built in the 13th century and you can still visit its remains today. During the Abbasid Caliphate (AD750 -1258), Baghdad became the ...