The story of a divisive Islamic ruler from ancient times, produced by a broadcaster in the Sunni kingdom of Saudi Arabia, has ...

Muslim doctors were also pharmacists who produced ... It also drew upon the work of previous scholars, such as seventh-century Byzantine medic Paul of Aegina. Translated into Latin in the 12th ...

A New History from Muhammad to the Present’ (Princeton Univ., May), the historian chronicles the religion’s 1,400-year evolution through profiles of figures who showcase its diversity.

"Could the holiest site in Islam, the Kaaba in Mecca, have once been a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva? What if the Black Stone at its center is actually a Shiva Lingam?" Mecca and Madina are ...

In the 7th century Christianity retreated under the advance of Islam. But it remained the chosen religion of the Ethiopian Empire and persisted in pockets in North Africa. In the 15th century ...