"...Senior fellow at the Cato Institute and opinion writer for The New York Times, both diagnoses "the crisis of Islam" in the modern world, and offers a way forward. Diving deeply into Islamic theology, and also sharing lessons from his own life story, he reveals how Muslims lost the universalism that made them a great civilization in their earlier centuries. He especially demonstrates how values often associated with Western Enlightenment - freedom,...

The study of Western Civilization traditionally follows a well-known but incomplete arc: the grand achievements of Greece and Rome, several hundred years of the "Dark Ages," and then the bright emergence of the European Renaissance. But amid the "dark" Middle Ages, the Abbasid Empire, which ruled the Middle East as well as much of Northern Africa and Central Asia from 750 to 1258, serves as a vitally important bridge between the ancient and modern...

An account of the history, people, scientific and artistic achievements, religion, politics and culture of early Islam.

Discover the faith, culture, and history that have shaped the modern Islamic world.

"When they find a magic tile, twins Mina and Haytham zoom back into the Middle Ages. They meet famous people such as Saladin and Ibn Battuta. But will they be able to return to their own time?"--Cover verso. Includes factual information about the Abbasid Empire, Ibn Battuta and his travels, Harun al-Rashid and Baghdad, the Crusades, the stories of the Arabian Nights, medieval Islamic storytelling, and the Golden Age of Islam.