Festival is a reflection of the transformation achieved during Ramadan Eid Al Fitr is not merely the conclusion of fasting ...

The history of the Temple Mount is one of perpetual friction. It was the site of Solomon’s first Temple, later destroyed by ...

Built as Byzantium, and then renamed Constantinople, Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.

"Quds Day is an opportunity to create unity," said a representative of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Tehran. The Islamic ...

An Osaka Metropolitan University historian has found that the Ottoman Empire’s seeming religious tolerance stemmed from ...

President Trump, who promised to end wars and never start one, has travelled 8,000 miles to bomb Yemen. If he continues, Yemen will be his Vietnam and Afghanistan. In many ways they are similar ...

Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq, eastern Turkey, western Iran and small ...

For a small country, Kosovo sent a lot of citizens to the caliphate. The survivors came back to prison, reintegration ...

Trump’s bombing of Yemen risks repeating past mistakes in conflicts like Vietnam and Afghanistan amidst the ongoing ...

Deadly violence in Syria has once again spotlighted the Alawites, a secretive religious minority tied to Bashar al-Assad.

The conversion of churches into mosques—and vice versa—highlights the historical, cultural, and political shifts that have ...