History of Islam

aspect of history

aspect of history

religious persecution inflicted upon followers of the Islamic faith

ongoing phenomenon that has occurred mainly in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia

strife and dialogue between the two major branches of Islam

type of glass artifact made in the Islamic world, especially in periods up to the 19th century

islamic views on violence

Abolition of the last remnant of the former monarchy in Turkey on 3 March 1924 by the Turkish Grand National Assembly

Top of Judges of a region in Islam

Classical Islamic law allowed men to have sexual intercourse with their female slaves.

standard method of execution in pre-modern Islamic law

The Zawaya are tribes in the southern Sahara who have traditionally followed a deeply religious way of life. They accepted a subordinate position to the warrior tribes, whether Arab or Berber, who had little interest in spreading Islam. The Zawaya introduced Sufi brotherhoods to the black populations south of the Sahara. The jihad movements of the Fula people in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries have their origins with the Zawaya. Today the Zawaya are one of the two noble castes of Mauritania.

Musahiplik or Müsahiplik (roughly, "Companionship / Spiritual brotherhood") is a covenant relationship between two men of the same age, preferably along with their wives. In a ceremony in the presence of a dede the partners make a lifelong commitment to care for the spiritual, emotional, and physical needs of each other and their children. After the Hijra, the Islamic prophet Muhammad instituted brotherhood between the emigrants, Muhajirun, and the helpers, Ansar, and he chose Ali as his own brother. This early Islamic practice has survived and continued to exist only in the Alevi sect of Isla

overview of the relationship between the Catholic Church and Islam