For many women, wearing the hijab was—and is—an element of piety, but it's been coopted into a political symbol.

The Nation of Islam is controversial. Its practical purposes for incarcerated people transcend both politics and religion.

A remarkable episode of Medieval Islamic history that often goes untold.

A number of contemporary Muslim environmentalist groups have been inspired by Koranic verses that stress the conservation of nature.

The Falnama, or Book of Omens, combined apocalyptic representations from many sources. Say a prayer, ask your question, and flip to a random page.

In The Miscellany of Iskandar Sultan, sections of text stack on top of one another, interlaced like fretwork. Bursts of flowers and tangles of vines fill the empty spaces.

Black Muslims have been an influential force in the prisoners' rights movement and criminal justice reform as early as the World War II era.

The history of coffee starts in Ethiopia, where it grew wild. Locals used it as a sacrament in communal ceremonies and to keep up energy.

The Book of Curiosities of the Sciences, and Marvels for the Eyes, an eleventh-century Arabic geography, is still a wonder.

What's behind the humanitarian crisis in Myanmar in which the minority Rohingya people are being violently driven out of the country?