By Aisha Stacey (© 2014IslamReligion.com) Description: A brief look at the evidence suggesting that many Muslims were amongst the millions of slaves sent to North America. Most of the African slaves sent to North America came from West Africa. They were men,…
By khutbah.com (edited byIslamReligion.com) Description: Transcribed from a sermon delivered at the American University in Washington DC which was attended by Muslims and non-Muslims. Part 2: The harassment and persecution Prophet Muhammad endured to teach humanity that nothing deserves worship except God!…
By khutbah.com (edited by IslamReligion.com) Description: Transcribed from a sermon delivered by Muhammad Alshareef at the American University in Washington DC which was attended by Muslims and non-Muslims. Part 1: The struggle early Muslims went through in rejecting false deities and worshipping…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2011 IslamReligion.com) Description: The global Muslim experience. Islam is a global religion, and as we learned in the previous article it is no longer confined to those countries we think of as Arabic or Asian. Close to 1.6…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2011 IslamReligion.com) Description: Growth rates and projections. Islam today is a global religion. It is no longer confined to Muslim majority countries such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia or Indonesia. Small but significant communities exist across Europe, the Americas…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2009 IslamReligion.com) Description: Education in early Islamic history. “Read! In the Name of your Lord, Who has created (all that exists). He has created man from a clot (a piece of thick coagulated blood). Read! And your Lord…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2009 IslamReligion.com) Description: The first revealed word of the Quran began a legacy of literacy and education for all. Islam is a religion that is concerned with literacy. When the Quran was revealed the first word was iqra –…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2009 IslamReligion.com) Description: Even war and occupation cannot erase Baghdad’s legacy of literacy. Baghdad was hit by a series of explosions. The city raked by violence. Baghdad equals chaos, death, and destruction. Baghdad is a city screaming in…
By Amatullah Abdullah (edited by IslamReligion.com) Description: The election, governance, and character of the third Caliph of Islam. Election of Uthman Umar ibn Al-Khattab, the second caliph of Islam, was stabbed by a Persian slave Abu Lu’lu’ah, a Persian Magian, while leading…
By Ismail Nawwab, Peter Speers, and Paul Hoye (edited by IslamReligion.com) Description: The latter part of the Prophets residence in Medina, from the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, the Conquest of Mecca, to his death. The Constitution of Medina – under which the clans…