By Aisha Stacey (© 2019 IslamReligion.com) Description: The Russian Revolution changed the face of Islam in Central Asia, but when the USSR fell, Islam emerged, relatively unscathed. In December 1917 Vladimir Lenin and Josef Stalin signed an appeal to the “Muslims of…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2019 IslamReligion.com) Description: The five republics of Central Asia, and their historical connection to Islam. In modern terms, Central Asia comprises of five republics, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. It is bordered by the Caspian Sea to…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2012 IslamReligion.com) Description: The reforms continue but Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz faces assassination. Omar Ibn Abdul Aziz became known as a rightly guided Caliph of the Islamic nation because of his similarity to the Rightly Guided Caliphs. The…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2012 IslamReligion.com) Description: A brief introduction to the man known as the fifth rightly guided Caliph. After the death of Prophet Muhammad, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, the rapidly expanding Islamic nation was…
By Dean Derhak (edited by IslamReligion.com) Description: With the arrival of the Muslims in Spain, the once arid and illiterate land became the capital of European scholarship and agriculture, where people of all faiths were granted security under Muslim rule. When you…
By Prof. A. Rahman I. Doi Description: How Islam spread into sub-Saharan region of West Africa, and the great civilizations it established there, taking its inhabitants out of paganism to the worship of One God. Part 3: A brief history of the…
By Prof. A. Rahman I. Doi Description: How Islam spread into sub-Saharan region of West Africa, and the great civilizations it established there, taking its inhabitants out of paganism to the worship of One God. Part 1: Islam reaches West Africa, and…
By Mohammed Khamouch Description: The spread of Islam in China upon its arrival, and a glimpse of the various mosques built in that era. Sad and his deputation brought presents and were warmly received at the royal court by the T’ang Emperor…
By Mohammed Khamouch Description: An account of how and when Islam first entered China. The ‘Great Mosque of Guangzhou’ is also known as Huaisheng Mosque which means ‘Remember the Sage’ (A Memorial Mosque to the Prophet) and is also popularly called the…
By Aisha Stacey (© 2018 IslamReligion.com) Description: How Islam spread from Arabia, along the Silk Routes into China and Far East Asia. While conflict was an integral part in the spread of Islam in the Middle East this was not the case…