The holy Muslim fasting month has always been an opportunity to share the Iftar meal, with this taking on magnificent ...

He alone helped the Ismailis of Salamiya survive the horrors of Baathist Syria. The Fatimid Caliphate founded Al-Azhar University and the first mental health hospital in the Islamic world six ...

Beyond their decorative appeal, fawanees hold a deeper significance in Egyptian culture. They are often exchanged as tokens ...

The start of the Muslim holy fasting month has always been a time of great festivity in Egypt, for both rulers and the ruled.

With Israel's move into the Golan Heights demilitarized zone and southern Syria following the collapse of al-Assad's regime, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must heed the calls of Druze in Syria ...

The basic practices of fasting and prayer are uniform everywhere, but various cultures infuse unique traditions during ...

Since the dawn of civilizations—and perhaps even earlier—humanity has had no choice but to reach agreements with its ...

The Quran was revealed in Arabic and it comprises: 30 sections, 114 chapters, 6,236 verses and 77,432 words. It mentions ...

BJP's Amit Malviya, meanwhile, slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government, calling it the "Islamic Caliphate". "Firhad Hakim, Mamata Banerjee’s close aide and a modern-day Suhrawardy, has ...

The Fatimid Empire that ruled over parts of North Africa and the Middle East from 909 to 1171 is said to have been a “golden age of Ismaili thought.” It was a pluralistic community ...