Gender inequality has always been around. Men have been portrayed as the dominant gender since the beginning of time. However, women's roles have increasingly become more significant throughout history. In Islamic society, women played higher roles than in earlier societies such as Ancient China ...

For decades, the situation in Palestine has been promoted as an "Arab" issue, or a "Palestinian" issue, and Muslims have, by and large, gone along with this charade. Such a belief gas proven fatal as the Zionists have succeeded in further dividing the opposition to their occupation of Palesine, wi...

Although not the first monotheistic (believe in one god) religion, the Muslims were still able to have a very large impact on world history. All though they were unsuccessful in conquering originally, the Muslims eventually succeeded in spreading the religion of Islam throughout lower Europe and u...

"Islam: Empire of Faith": An Evaluation In the wake of the tragedies of September 11, 2001, millions of Americans found themselves questioning the meaning and nature of a 1,400 year old religion practiced by nearly a quarter of the world's people. Producer/director Robert Gard...

ISLAM MORE THAN A RELIGION # 3. Despite its huge following around the world and the growing Muslim communities in the United States, Islam is foreign to most Americans who are familiar with Christianity or Judaism. Because most Americans kno...

1. Heraclius ID: Heraclius was born in Cappadocia, in Anatotlia, somewhere around 575. In 610, his father, the governor of Carthage (Africa), sent him to Constantinople to overthrow the tyrant Phocas. This venture was successful and Heraclius was proclaimed emperor on October 5, 610 Si...