Islam as a religion is central to the lives of over a billion people, but its outer expression as a distinctive civilization has been undergoing a mon..
Does Islam as a religion oppress women? Is Islam against democracy? In this classic study, internationally renowned sociologist Fatema Mernissi argues..
In the 1820s, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, a young Muslim cleric, was a leading member of the first Egyptian educational mission to Paris, where he remained for..