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The Great Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia - known as Masjid al-Haram in Arabic - is the most sacred of Islam's holy sites, and you don't have to be a believer to appriciate its grandeur. Occupying 356,000 square metres (88 acres), rising to a height of…

Digital image of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Construction of the structure began when the Prophet Muhammad arrived in Medina in 622 CE / 1 AH.

An image of a green glass flask dating from -128-390 H / 501-1000 CE, during a time of flourishing trade and commerce. The circulation of goods such as this flask was vital to the economy and cultural exchange of the time. Through trade, people were…

An illustration from the Last Judgement; "Next to Satan, four sinners are bound like mummies, with the symbols of their sins tied to their necks. The first worshipped money, the second was violent, and perhaps the third was an usurer. The last was a…

An illustration from the Firdausi Shahnama; Akhbar is used by scholars and narrators to interpret and gain meaning from significant historical events. It also plays an important role in comparing Islamic narratives and giving scholars a direction of…