The place of women in Islam has always been controversial, especially as Islamic thinkers were always trying to describe the role of women using religious teachings.

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Last year, the sandhill population that wintered at the northern Alabama refuge reached a new record of 30,000 cranes. (AP video/Kristin M. Hall) Rob Broeren takes pictures of sandhill cranes at the ...

Luminaries such as Al-Farabi, the "Second Teacher" after Aristotle; Ibn Sina (Avicenna), a giant in medicine and philosophy; and Al-Khwarizmi, the father of algebra, demonstrated the immense value ...