College launches one-year, in-person graduate program exploring the foundational texts of Jewish and Islamic civilization In this program, students don’t just encounter two religious or intellectual ...
The website aims to refute the prevailing misconception that the contributions of Muslim scientists and thinkers did not go beyond a certain period of time Bibliotheca Alexandrina has recently ...
The Message, released in 1976 and starring Anthony Quinn, was made with difficulty and condemned by hardliners. One of the challenges: its main... 40 Years On, A Controversial Film On Islam's Origins ...
From the Ming and Qing dynasties to the early Republic of China, Chinese Muslim sages brought together foreign Islamic culture and the central plain culture based on Confucianism to realize the ...
China has moved to teach the “true spirit” of Islamic classic works in a bid to strengthen unity, a top imam has said. Adilijan Ajikrim, vice president of Chinese Islamic Association, told China Daily ...
In 1962, a Syrian-born Hollywood filmmaker named Moustapha Akkad watched the epic film Lawrence of Arabia, directed by David Lean. Akkad was riveted as he watched a scene in which actor Omar Sharif ...
The Message, directed by Moustapha Akkad, was released in 1976 in both English and Arabic versions. The film was difficult to make and faced a backlash in part of the Muslim world. It is currently ...