As a prominent Islamic scholar, Omid Safi has written often in defense of the breadth and nuance of Islam. But for his latest book, Safi hones in on the idea of love, and how mystic Islamic poets ...

SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: A cancelled Hollywood project prompted a professor at Cambridge University in England to translate the works of a legendary pre-Islamic Arab poet into modern English.

In the 43rd verse of the Quran’s fourth chapter, God limits the activities Muslims may carry out while drunk. “You who believe, do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated, until you know what ...

Modern Poetry of Pakistan offers many offshoots of the classical tradition of Muslim poetry in India. Although Amir Khusrau (1253-1325), considered by some to be the first poet writing in a ...

"The wound is the place where the Light enters you. So don't be afraid of your wounds. In your pain, there is a path to joy, Come back to the center of your heart. Be like a tree and let the dead ...

From stained glass windows in church sanctuaries to sculpted shrines in temples, art has played a major role in almost all practiced religions, and one club at ASU is looking to share the artistic ...

If awards are any measure of excellence, Doyali Islam is a very good poet! She is nominated for a slew of them this year, and has just won the League of Canadian Poets' National Broadsheet Contest. A ...

Chair, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University But they’re also increasingly turning to poetry: with its rich vocabulary, the Arabic language lends itself easily to rhyme ...

As a prominent Islamic scholar, Omid Safi has written often in defense of the breadth and nuance of Islam. But for his latest book, Safi hones in on the idea of love, and how mystic Islamic poets ...