Articles related to "Muslim Spain"

A young man looking not so much for the meaning of life but a more relevant interpretation of Islam produces a book throwing light on the complexity of the Muslim world.

A review of God's War: A New History of the Crusades by Christopher Tyerman.

The Muslim conquest of the Iberian peninsula in 711 seemed complete by 718. But some of their Christian neighbors had other ideas.

Shia constitute 10 to 15 percent of Muslims, but are actually a majority around the oil-rich rim of the Persian Gulf.

Within the far-flung empire that grew out of the conquests of Islamic armies after the 7th century AD, art, science and scholarship reached brilliant heights.

Within the far-flung empire that grew out of the conquests of Islamic armies after the 7th century AD, art, science and scholarship reached brilliant heights