78 results for “west”
... intimate divine encounter in human history, given at the lowest moment of the Meccan mission.
...e theological principle: 'To Allah belongs the East and the West.' Direction itself is not sacred — what is sacred is the wo...
...hat inhabited the region of Al-Hijr (Mada'in Salih) in northwestern Arabia, between the Hejaz and Greater Syria. The Thamud ...
...traveling to Syria, Palestine, and regions further east and west. Their message at this earliest stage remained consistent w...
...ministrative centre for the Iraqi campaigns. Located on the western bank of the Euphrates near ancient Babylon, Kufa was lai...
...or Yazdegerd III had assembled a last great Sasanid army in western Persia. Al-Nu'man ibn Muqarrin commanded the Muslim forc...
...n the east and continued probing Byzantine frontiers in the west and north. Muawiyah's court in Damascus was renowned for it...
...ic military campaigns in medieval history, transforming the western Mediterranean world within the span of a few years. The ...
...rious disaffected populations. His military campaigns swept westward with remarkable speed. The Umayyad governor of Khurasan...
...ttle was decisive: Marwan's forces were routed, and he fled westward — through Syria, into Egypt, and south into the Egyptia...
... Emirate preserved the dynasty for another 250 years in the west and turned al-Andalus into a beacon of civilization.
...ansur founded Madinat al-Salam — the City of Peace — on the western bank of the Tigris River. Designed as a perfectly circul...
...im granted Toghril the title 'Sultan' and 'King of East and West,' inaugurating the Seljuk Sultanate as the military protect...
...ht and returned to Al-Andalus. The battle is often cited in Western historiography as having 'saved Christendom,' though his...
...d a significant turning point in history: it halted Chinese westward expansion and secured Central Asia for Islam, which con...
...aliph, decisively defeated the Umayyad army. Marwan II fled westward through Palestine and Egypt, where he was eventually ki...
...ears. Saladin's chivalrous conduct became legendary even in Western tradition.
...ader atrocities against Ottoman prisoners. The defeat ended Western European hopes of rolling back Ottoman power in the Balk...
... and expulsion. The same year Granada fell, Columbus sailed westward under Spanish patronage.
...icant Ottoman naval defeat, ending Ottoman expansion in the western Mediterranean. The Holy League assembled a fleet of appr...
... marked the furthest extent of Muslim military advance into Western Europe, though its historical significance has been deba...
...River in Central Asia. This battle halted Chinese expansion westward and secured Central Asia as part of the Muslim world. C...
...fiqh. The Maliki school became predominant in North Africa, West Africa, and parts of the Arabian Peninsula.
...ranted Tughril the title 'Sultan' and 'King of the East and West.' The Seljuks restored Sunni authority over Baghdad and bec...
Islam spread across West Africa through trans-Saharan trade routes and scholarly net...
...in the world, represents the deep penetration of Islam into West African culture.
...nd successors was a major center of Islamic civilization in West Africa. Timbuktu became a renowned center of Islamic learni...
...pire on European maps and demonstrated the wealth of Muslim West Africa.
...veling 120,000 km across the Islamic world and beyond: from West Africa to China. His Rihla remains a priceless historical d...
...cholar Uthman dan Fodio established the Sokoto Caliphate in West Africa, the largest state on the continent. His reformist m...
Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank launched a popular uprising against Israeli occupation...
... Muslim physicist and mathematician known as Alhazen in the West. His Kitab al-Manazir (Book of Optics) revolutionized the u...
Persian physician and philosopher known in the West as Avicenna. His al-Qanun fi at-Tibb (Canon of Medicine) wa...
...ecame the standard text for Maliki scholarship in North and West Africa for centuries.
Brother of Uthman dan Fodio, a major West African scholar, poet, and military commander of the Sokoto...
...e Cambridge Muslim College, and one of the most influential Western Muslim intellectuals.
...l-Barahin,' the most widely studied creed text in North and West Africa.
...dely regarded as one of the most influential Muslims in the Western world.
West African Fulani scholar who settled in Medina and authored '...
...ly 2025. One of the foremost Muslim intellectuals to engage Western philosophy from an Athari framework in the English langu...
...academic voice on Islamic jurisprudence, Islamic law in the West, and the African-American Muslim experience.
The righteous king who journeyed to the east and west of the earth and built the iron barrier against Ya'juj and ...
... Tours (Poitiers) by Charles Martel, a battle considered by Western historians as one of the most decisive in stopping Musli...
...s of the Islamic University of Madinah after migrating from West Africa. His multi-volume Adwa al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Quran b...
West African Maliki scholar and Sufi leader who unified scholarl...
West African Islamic scholar, jihadist, and ruler; leader of a m...
West African scholar and founder of the Imamate of Futa Jallon; ...
The great Islamic reformer of West Africa. He founded the Sokoto Caliphate in northern Nigeria...
Greatest Islamic scholar of Timbuktu, prolific author of biographies and fiqh. Taken captive to Morocco but continued writing.
West African Islamic scholar, mujahid, and founder of the Toucou...
...alese Islamic scholar with one of the largest followings in West Africa. President of the World Muslim League.
...academic. Controversial figure who has written on Islam and Western Muslim identity.
Nigerian Islamic scholar and reformer who advocated for direct Quran-based guidance over traditional authority.
Son of Uthman dan Fodio and Sultan of Sokoto Caliphate, scholar and prolific author.
...of Washington D.C., known for works on Islamic practice for Western Muslim communities.
..., convert to Islam, known for accessible books on Islam for Western audiences including Teach Yourself Islam and Bringing Up...
... remains a standard reference in Maliki institutions across West and North Africa.
... work transcended Islamic scholarship and influenced modern Western social sciences.
...as-Sanusi. The most widely taught creedal text in North and West Africa. As-Sanusi presents the rational and necessary attri...
...studied texts in the Maliki school, especially in North and West Africa.
...he standard reference pair for Maliki scholars in North and West Africa.
...er teaching in the Maliki school, particularly in North and West Africa, and influenced the composition of subsequent Maliki...
...us beginner's text in Maliki fiqh, studied across North and West Africa for over a thousand years. Ibn Abi Zayd, known as 't...
...sed on worship and creed, widely used as an introduction in West African Islamic education.
... to any comparable system of historical verification in the Western tradition.
...e — grounded in the author's characteristic engagement with Western philosophy.
...on of the theoretical foundations of Islamic governance and Western democratic theory. Ja'far Sheikh Idris demonstrates that...
...uk victory that halted the Mongol advance and preserved the western Islamic world from destruction.
The experience of Muslim communities in Western countries, navigating faith, citizenship, and cultural i...
The challenges facing young Muslims in Western societies, balancing religious identity with social inte...
Legal opinions addressing the unique challenges of Muslims living as minorities, including prayer accommodations, halal food access, and civic participation.
The experience of Muslims living as minorities in Western countries, navigating dual identities, maintaining Islam...
... Prophet ﷺ and the Companions. Predominant in North Africa, West Africa, Andalusia (historically), and parts of the Gulf.
...ca by Ahmad al-Tijani (1735–1815 CE). Highly influential in West Africa (Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Mauritania). Claims that th...
...t a loose intellectual current with significant presence in Western academic contexts.