
6 African Muslims Who Brought Islam to America
As a Muslim of West African origin living in the United States, my Muslim-ness is always contested by Europeans, Americans, and even clueless Africans….
Read MoreAs a Muslim of West African origin living in the United States, my Muslim-ness is always contested by Europeans, Americans, and even clueless Africans….
Read MoreAl-Farabi (872-951 AD) Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi, also known in Arabic as Al-Muallim Al-Thani, the second teacher (after Aristotle) is easily one of the…
Read MoreOne of Yemen’s oldest and most beautiful mosques was named for the incredible, historical queen buried inside it. Queen Arwa Mosque is one of…
Read MoreZeynel Abidin Mosque Complex and Mor Yakup (Saint Jacob) Church in Turkey’s southeastern Mardin province are expected to be added in UNESCO’s World Heritage…
Read MoreThe Liverpool Muslim Institute was founded by one of the first Native British Muslims, Abdullah Quilliam, in 1887. Its historical significance to the development…
Read MoreThe History of Islam in the UK has not been extensively documented so many of it has been forgotten or overlooked. One such example…
Read MoreWilliam Henry Abdullah Quilliam (10 April 1856 – 23 April 1932) born in Liverpool, was a 19th-century convert from Christianity to Islam, noted for founding England’s first mosque and…
Read MoreMartin Lings (24 Jan 1909- 12 May 2005) also known as Abu-Bakr Siraj Ad-Din, was an acclaimed author,editor, translator, poet and Shakespearean Scholar whose…
Read MoreMuhammad Marmaduke Pickthall (7 April 1875 – 19 May 1936) was a British Islamic scholar noted for his English translation of the Qur’an. Pickthall was…
Read MoreThe Woking Mosque (known today as the Shah Jahan Mosque), built in 1889 by Dr Gottleib Wilhelm Leitner was the first mosque to be built…
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