SUFIS: THE MYSTICAL Muslims
(Part Three in a series on Islam from Forward magazine)
A popular expression of Muhammad's religion in the Western world today is Sufism, Islam's mystical way. The curre…
IN 1972, during the restoration of the Great Mosque of Sana'a, 2in Yemen, laborers working in a loft between the structure's inner and outer roofs stumbled across a remarkable gravesite, although t…
Broadly speaking, there were two distinct scripts in the early centuries of Islam: cursive script and Kufic script. For everyday purposes a cursive script was employed: typical examples are to be see…
