The 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, is known as Ashura. For Muslims around the world, it is a day of deep religious significance. While it is associated with important ...

Casa Batlló was inspired by the Spanish Mudéjar design style, the art developed by Muslims who remained in Iberia after 1492, which comprises brightly-coloured bricks and tiles. La Casa Mila, also ...

ISIS’ declaration of an Islamic State begs a fundamental question: When and how did that concept become a part of the political vocabulary of Muslim societies? After all, the idea hasn’t been around ...

To understand the Middle East’s seemingly intractable conflicts, we need to go back to at least 1924, the year the last caliphate was formally abolished. Animating the caliphate—the historical ...

The political history may be familiar. But the theology of Shiite Islam matters too. When asked last month about his goals in attacking Iran, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that he ...