“Do high school students in the United States learn about the Armenian Genocide?” This is a surprisingly difficult question to answer. K-12 education in the United States is highly decentralized and ...

One of the most immediate and obvious changes that WWI brought about was the collapse of longstanding empires. But what ...

In the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire extended its influence all the way to Southeast Asia, forging alliances and ...

Mehmed II, known as "The Conqueror," transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant Muslim superpower through military genius, administrative reform, and the monumental conquest of Constantinople.

At the height of its power, Islam once controlled vast territories: from Morocco to China and from Russia down to sub-Saharan Africa. The rise of the European colonial empires, notably those of ...

Erdoğan’s beliefs are increasingly evident beyond Turkey’s borders, too. The new regime in Syria has embraced Sharia as the ...

Syrian authorities were quick to condemn last month’s suicide attack on the Greek Orthodox Church of Mar Elias, which left 25 ...

Although it often ranks number two as a city in Greece, Thessaloniki is number one in the country when it comes to Greek ...

Such exchange is the locus of the Frist Art Museum’s summer show Venice and the Ottoman Empire, a traveling exhibition of ...

Durru Shehvar Sultan, daughter of the exiled Ottoman Caliph, grew up in France before marrying the eldest son of India’s ...

Doha: The Sheikh Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Center continues organising visits to many nominated mosques in ...

[4] The show’s organisers said it was the first major Islamic art exhibition to be held in the city. It will showcase ...