From Timbuktu to Samarkand: Rediscovering Centres of Scholarship
Long before modern universities, these cities were the beating heart of Muslim learning. Their libraries still have lessons to teach.
News & Reflections for the Ummah
The long story of the ummah – scholars, cities and ideas across fourteen centuries.
Long before modern universities, these cities were the beating heart of Muslim learning. Their libraries still have lessons to teach.
History
The history of Islamic scholarship includes thousands of women whose names appear in the biographical dictionaries — and…
History
The Swahili coast has been home to Muslim communities for more than twelve centuries. Their civilisation shaped the…
History
Nine centuries after his death, Saladin remains one of the most mythologized figures in history — claimed by…
