BACKGROUND ON ISLAM In this introduction from his book, A Muslim Primer, Ira G. Zepp Jr. offers a short historical perspective to help readers understand why Westerners have ignored Islamic ...

For Muslim artists in diaspora, traditional Islamic art forms contextualize their connections to their cultural backgrounds within broader social, political and cultural concerns—concerns like ...

Lail Hossain’s Coppell home is a quiet oasis with a cohesive color palette and modern chic aesthetic. That’s not by accident. Hossain owns her own small business, With a Spin, making Islamic-inspired ...

A man stands inside the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, Nov. 22, 2022. The museum's collection includes metalwork, ceramics, woodwork and textiles.

Barcelona Attack: Charlie Hebdo Publishes Controversial Anti-Islam Cover Art Published Aug 23, 2017 at 11:17 AM EDT Updated Aug 30, 2017 at 1:09 PM EDT ...

“Divine Geometry: Islamic Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum” is on view through April 13 at the Wadsworth Atheneum & Museum, 600 Main St., Hartford.

The Louvre museum in Paris has opened a new, $131 million Islamic art wing with 3,000 precious artifacts dating from the 7th to the 19th centuries - including the oldest love letter in the Muslim ...

As an individual from a devout Muslim background, I have to accept this contradiction with Islam’s peaceful precepts and the wide scope of its views, including views or interpretations that one ...

While a physician by profession, Shahzad Akbar is an inventor by heart. Khitati’s products are made with resin. He used his expertise to make sculptural Islamic wall art as an experiment.

A new Cartier exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, explores the enduring influence Islamic art has had on the maison’s jewellery and precious objects. American architectural firm DS+R ...

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Americans are bombarded with media coverage of the three-decade-old Islamic Republic and its nuclear aspirations.