Islamic Culture Foundation 

“I beleive that if today an autocrat of Mohammad’s calibre assumes world leadership, he could solve all problems of humanity splendidly. The world will become an abode of peace and happiness. I predict that tomorrow’s Europe will embrace Islam.”
A. George Bernard Shaw 

The Caliphate and Government in History
By Ali Abd al Raziq
Source: middleastforum.com
Islam is a universal message that knows no national boundaries. It makes no distinctions in gender nor wealth and unites humanity in the noble cause of devotion to God.
At the time of the Prophet this religious unity was not political in nature and had none […]

European Cartographers and the Ottoman World 1500–1750
Maps From the Collection of O. J. Sopranos. This exhibition of maps, sea charts and atlases explores how mapmakers came to know and map the Ottoman world between the 15th and 18th centuries. It begins with the intellectual and geographical discoveries of the 15th century that undermined the medieval […]

The Legacy of Timbuktu: Wonders of the Written Word centers on manuscripts from the Mamma Haidara Memorial Library in Timbuktu, examples of a local book-production industry that was one aspect of the city’s role as a celebrated center of learning that attracted scholars, teachers and students from many countries and cultures of the Muslim world.
The […]

Nasserism in the Dreams of a Youngster
By Rajai Masri
Psychological warfare is getting the better of us in the Arab World, politicians and statesmen more than intellectuals and lay people.  Self-deprecation, heralded the good part of the time by our non-representative regimes, are the hallmark of the present general mood in the Arab world.  I came […]

The Trustees of Braintree Discrict Museum and Cultural Services at Braintree Discrict Council (Essex. United Kingdom) announce the Autumn exhibition Capturing Paradise, between September 14th and October 31st 2007.
Symmetry and order, arabesques and ornate foliage. The exhibition ‘Capturing Paradise’ brings together innovative and beautiful work by six Western and Non-Western artists who are inspired by […]

Daily Life Ornamented: The Medieval Persian City of Rayy examines the distinctive artistic traditions of this great Islamic city, predecessor of modern Tehran. Rayy was a center of politics and sciences between the ninth and 13th centuries, renowned for its glazed ceramics and its prominent position on the Silk Roads. While documents reveal the personalities […]

This exhibition presents 121 objects, most excavated by joint Palestinian–French rescue digs since 1994, that underline the city’s archeological importance and testify to the great variety of national and ethnic groups that have lived here. The finds include Egyptian, Hellenistic and Roman pottery, Byzantine mosaics, Egyptian alabaster, a Greek helmet and Ottoman architectural fragments, here […]

Taken from: “The Origin of Man”, by Dr. Maurice Bucaille
Source: islamicity.com
INTRODUCTION
Dr. Maurice Bucaille is an eminent French surgeon, scientist, scholar and author of “THE BIBLE, THE QUR’AN AND SCIENCE” which contains the result of his research into the Judeo-Christian Revelation and the Qur’an. It is a unique contribution in the field of religion and science.
Being an […]

Spirit & Life, an exhibition of rare Islamic art and manuscripts never before displayed in the UK, will run from 14 July to 31 August at the The Ismaili Centre (Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London).
Organised by the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Spirit & Life will present treasures from the permanent collection of the Aga […]