“As wall art is bigger than canvas art, if we use many colours, it will look cluttered,” he said. “Most of the time we only paint Arabic letters instead of verses from the Quran or Hadith.” Fatih’s ...

Arabic calligraphy is a traditional art form cherished by Muslims worldwide, and the Jawi script has adopted Arabic ...

Dr Dayah points to Quranic verses and the Sunnah that set strict conditions for the conduct of jihad, including the necessity of avoiding actions that provoke an excessive and disproportionate ...

Some art museums overawe with the sweep of their collections. Others thrill with a few perfectly placed masterworks. The best of them embody their cities’ ambitions and fulfill an ideal ...

On a visit to the Brooklyn Museum on October 7, 2023, I felt proud to see a Palestinian “thobe” like the ones I study. But then I saw the wall label.

And wherever you [believers] may be, turn your faces toward it," a verse in the second chapter of the Quran says. Henceforth, determining Makkah's location to face it became more of a regular ...

WITH regards to Pakistan, nature has been very kind and generous. It has endowed Pakistan — a beautiful country — with vast natural resources. It is blessed with all four seasons of the year ...

with a focus on moving image and digital media The winner of the V&A and Art Jameel’s seventh international award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition will be showcased ...

This market, an initiative of the Amir Tawu’un, an influential Islamic religious group headquartered in Iwo under the leadership of Sheikh Daood Imran, lies within the serene precincts of Tawu ...

She explained that the Quranic verse, “Do not kill your children for fear of poverty”, which was often cited in this context, was revealed to stop the then-prevalent practice of burying ...