FROM RICHEST TO POOREST COUNTRY – HOW BRITAIN RUINED BANGLADESH

Before British rule, Bengal — the region that includes modern Bangladesh — was one of the richest and most productive economies in the world. Its fertile delta produced abundant crops, its artisans created globally coveted textiles like muslin and silk, and its cities were hubs of trade, culture, and scholarship. Historians consistently describe Bengal under […]

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The world has failed the people of Gaza.

The world’s total failure to safeguard Palestinian civilians in Gaza over the past year is causing lasting harm to international law, with potentially alarming consequences for the entire globe. Over the past year, international law has been violated daily with complete impunity. Israel’s relentless and indiscriminate assaults have killed and injured civilians at a faster […]

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The Seven Fuqaha of Madina*

Some scholars also include Abu Bakr ibn Abd ur-Rahman ibn al-Harith and Ubaydullah ibn Abdillah ibn Utbah ibn Mas’ud in this list. 1. **Sa’id ibn al-Musayyib (637-715)** **The Seven Fuqaha of Madina** Some scholars also include Abu Bakr ibn Abd ur-Rahman ibn al-Harith and Ubaydullah ibn Abdillah ibn Utbah ibn Mas’ud in this list. 1. […]

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Crescent and Star Spangled: A Comprehensive Historical Analysis of Islam in the United States

The historiography of the United States has frequently marginalized the presence of Muslims, relegating Islam to the status of a late-20th-century arrival or a foreign importation. However, a rigorous examination of the historical record, ranging from Spanish colonial archives to antebellum plantation ledgers and 21st-century civil rights litigation, reveals a radically different narrative. Muslims have […]

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