History
Did the first Christians worship Jesus?
Did the first Christians worship Jesus? A leading Christian New Testament scholar gives his careful assessment of the evidence.
Such a haunting image
Sultan Abdul Hamid II towards the end of his life. He was the 34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and the last Sultan to exert effective control over the fracturing state. For all their mistakes, the Middle East was a… Read More ›
BAN THE HIJAB! It’s totally alien to our culture and history
(The Courtyard of the Orphanage in Amsterdam. German, 1882. How different society was in those days. By Max Liebermann.)
Reading an early inscription from Taymāʾ mentioning the murder of Caliph ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (d. 35 AH).
Reading an early inscription from Taymāʾ mentioning the murder of Caliph ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (d. 35 AH). Imbert suggests it was written during the Battle of the Camel in 36 AH, but of course we can’t be sure of that…. Read More ›
