As the Chinese proverb goes, “When the winds of change blow, some build walls, others build windmills.” In the case of ...

Muslims initially prayed facing Jerusalem, but the Qibla, or prayer direction, was changed to Mecca in 624 CE. This change is ...

The ancient Library of Alexandria was—as is known—burned, depriving the world of its wealth of knowledge. But who actually ...

Today, the Palestinian flag is flown more frequently around the world than the American flag. When Palestine eventually becomes an independent state, it will be one of the smallest countries in the ...

Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan (Arabic: عُمَر بْن عَبْد الْعَزِيز بْن مَرْوَان, romanized: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Marwān; c. 680 – February 720) was the eighth Umayyad caliph, ruling from 717 ...

The earliest of these watering stations were established, precisely one day’s walk apart, by the Caliph Umar in A.D. 638. “A traveler is the person worthiest of receiving protection,” he ...

Iblīs (Satan), shown with gold flaming eyes, has taken ˓Umar to visit a mosque. ˓Umar (d. 644), called Fārūq (discriminator) because he could discriminate ...