Raiding Meccan trade caravans, then, was not an act of aggression—it was a morally sanctioned form of economic warfare aimed at: • Pressuring the Quraysh to return confiscated wealth, • Undermining ...

Jeddah, May 15, 2025, SPA -- As part of the public program of the Islamic Arts Biennale 2025, organized by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation at the Western Hajj Terminal of King Abdulaziz International ...

Eid al-Adha, a period of "communal enjoyment" for Muslims worldwide, has officially arrived. Here's what we've learned about the Islamic holiday.

By reevaluating modernist assumptions in Islamicist scholarship and in Western moral and legal philosophy, I arrive at the conclusion that the Qurʾān was a source of Islamic law since the early Meccan ...

The foreign jihadist fighters, especially non-Syrians, played a significant role in leading al-Nusra, and among the most notable figures currently forming the leadership council of Guardians of ...

As it is known, the Qur'ān does not follow any declared chronological order and the traditional division of sūras in Meccan and Medinan is mostly based on the traditional accounts about the biography ...

In the Middle East, the role of food in political resistance dates back to the early days of Islam, when Muslims conducted raids on Meccan food caravans as a means to resist economic oppression and ...

Patricia Crone, in her Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam, adds a practical reason that is too often overlooked. “Mecca was a barren place, and barren places ...

Explore the beliefs of the Meccan polytheists regarding the creation of the heavens and the earth. Despite acknowledging Allah as the Creator and Controller of all affairs, they still turned to ...

Holy Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was born around 570, AD in Mecca. His father died before he was born and he was raised first by his grandfather and then his uncle. He belonged to a poor but respectable ...