Between the 11th and 18th centuries, the Islamic world absorbed and interpreted lessons from classical Greece and Rome, leading to advances in science, medicine and philosophy — and finding expression ...

A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of Modernity; By Michael A. Cook; Princeton University Press; 960 pp., $39.95 “The text,” Ted replies. “OK, that’s right. But they never ...

When it comes to interfaith dialogue, Muhammed Abu Layla’s memory can seem disconcertingly long. “Even during the crusades, we had good relations with you,” Mr. Abu Layla says, with an expansive ...

Many experts on the Middle East never thought they’d see the day when the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and the United Arab Emirates would be sitting collegially with the prime ...

The foundations of Iran tie into its long and rich religious history and development, starting from ancient times and the ...

Islamic radicals hijacked airplanes to attack and undermine the West. They killed thousands of innocents without a single moral qualm. But their enmity is not just directed against us. They also mean ...

Before modern science had a true understanding of what a solar eclipse is and how they work, ancient cultures had to form their own beliefs over what happened during this brief, but awesome, event.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The ancient Christian community of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul had all but fled by Saturday, ending a presence stretching back nearly two millennia after radical Islamists set ...

Once an influential Jewish hub on Central Asia's Silk Road, urban center in Uzbekistan is now home to just several hundred ...