The richest man in Arabia -- Markets without government -- Family matters -- A mosque, a market, and a war -- Muhammad's household finances -- Muhammad's executive office -- Muhammadan taxation -- ...

The good, just and chic of the United States consistently fulfill the role of Islam’s patron. The establishment emphasizes several benign and simplistic themes, as I outlined in 2002: There is no ...

We weigh two major revisionist claims about early Islam - that Petra, not Mecca, was the original qibla, and that the Quran’s text was standardized long after Uthman. Drawing on mosque orientations, ...

Tucked between narrow medieval lanes in historic Jeddah, the Othman bin Affan Mosque is offering a rare, layered look into ...

Qur'anic Vignettes of the Vine: Prophetic Discourse and the Signs for Those Who Know -- Finding the Perfect World: Analytic Discourse and the Quest for Order -- Links to a Sacred Past: Narrative ...

Sancho I, ruler of the kingdom of Léon in the north of modern-day Spain, was overthrown by rebel nobles in A.D. 958. Their motive, even by the turbulent politics of the day, was an unusual one: The ...