This video investigates the historical origins of Allah before the rise of Islam. Using inscriptions, linguistic analysis, ...

The theme of love persists throughout Arabic poetry and literature. Professor Michael Sells discussed that theme on Tuesday, paying particular attention to the poetry of Ibn Zaydun and Ibn al-‘Arabi.

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 ...

When Chilean poet Pablo Neruda wrote that poetry was an "act of peace," he presumably did not envisage that the art form would one day be taken up by violent Islamist extremists. Though many media ...

Militant Islamist groups have a number of strategies for recruiting vulnerable young men to their cause. They produce videos, tap into social media and write fiery pamphlets with overblown rhetoric.

One of the most widely read poets in the Western world hails from outside of it: Rumi, a Muslim poet who was born in present-day Tajikistan, and wrote in the 1200s AD. His couplets about love and the ...

When we grow tired of religions’ pillars and creeds, poetry can provide a path to its deeper dimensions. On Oct. 23, Rochester Institute of Technology hosts "Remembering the Beloved: Love and Longing ...

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan, also proposed developing a long-term ICESCO strategy for preserving and enriching the cultural and historical heritage of ...

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 ...

Omid Safi’s latest project was a labor of love, in the most literal sense. Safi lives in North Carolina, where he leads the Islamic Studies Center at Duke University. His fiancée is based in ...