For Muslims, the Quran is the word of God, given directly to Muhammad at the start of the 7th century by the Archangel Michael in oral messages in Arabic that the prophet — the last prophet &… ...

Brian Catlos’s recent book Kingdoms of Faith: A New History of Islamic Spain (Basic: 2018) has just been published in Spanish as Reinos de fe. Una nueva historia de la España musulmana by Pasado y ...

From seventh-century Mecca to present-day Europe, Hossein Kamaly’s “A History of Islam in 21 Women” profiles believers who made a difference.

History professor Rudi Matthee has written “Angels Tapping at the Wine-shop’s Door: A History of Alcohol in the Islamic World.” Islam is the only major world religion that resists the juggernaut of ...