Islamic History

What led to the rise of Islam? How far did the Islamic rule spread in its first century? Who brought Islam to Africa? What happened during the crusades? Find out the answers to all these questions and more.

• Jerusalem Under Different Rulers
• His Life Was a Series of Changes
• Sayyidna Umar’s Administration
• The History of Palestine The Holy Land saw peace and justice during 1300 years of Muslim rule and persecution of Jews, Christians, and Muslims at other times.
• Palestine: A Timeline
• The Rise of Islam During its First 50 Years
• Timeline: The Prophet Muhammad, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, and the Khulafa Ar-Rashidun
• Abu Bakr, Radi-Allahu anhu
• The Compilation of the Qur'an The Qur'an was written down from the earliest time.
• Timeline: Islam in Africa
• The Ummayyad Khilafah
• Timeline: The Ummayyad Khilafah
• The Abbassid Khilafah
• Timeline: The Abbassid Khilafah
• Qurtuba
• The Crusades
• Salahuddin Ayyubi
• The Battle of Ain Jaloot The Tartars conquered land after land in the Muslim world. They seemed more powerful than any "super power" we can imagine. Then at Ain Jaloot the tables were turned.
• Timeline: The Ottomans
• Aurangzeb
• Timeline: Achievements in Knowledge
• Al-Biruni
• Ar-Razi
• Ibn-Battuta

World History

Historians are expected to be honest people who investigate objectively and report truthfully. In reality, many Western historians have failed to come up to this standard. We cannot always trust what we read in the history books. Here is another look at history.

• A Brief Survey of Jewish Persecution
• Ubar
• The Decline of Church Authority
• Facts and Fiction about Columbus
• Prohibition of Alcohol
• Israel and Sparta