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The Hotel
Three friends came to New York City. They decided to stay in a hotel and their room ended up being on the 60th floor.
The policy of the hotel was t...

Magic in Marriage
Valuable tips from the life of the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam on how husbands should treat their wives:
Consideration. Be considerate of y...

Rice
Rice was first domesticated in the region of the Yangtze River valley in China. Muslims were the means of Asian rice spreading to Europe, Africa and o...

Air Force
In 1909 the Islamic State (Ottoman Turkey) became one of the first nations to start a military aviation program. Military attaches from the Islamic St...

Hand Cannons
A hand cannon is an early form of firearm. It is possibly the oldest type of portable firearm. It is a forerunner of the handgun as well as muskets an...

Famous Diamonds
Some of the biggest, most expensive and famous diamonds have a history linked to Muslims:
Darya-ye Noor Diamond: One of the Crown Jewels from Iran....

Mohair
The Angora goat originated from Tibet making its way to Turkey in the 16th century. Until 1849, the Turkish province of Ankara was the sole producer o...

Gatsbys
A Gatsby is a South African style of deli sandwich very similar in content and method of preparation as a hoagie in the United States. It is mostly po...

Civil Law
Several legal institutions in European civil law were adapted from similar institutions in Islamic law during the Middle Ages:
The Islamic Hawala i...

Taqi al Din
Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf al-Shami al-Asadi was born in 1521 in Damascus, Syria, and was educated in Cairo, Egypt and died in 1585. He became a ...