In the annals of Islamic intellectual history, few individuals possess a legacy as foundational and enduring as that of Abu Nasr Al-Farabi. Hailing from the province of Khorasan, he was born in the ...

Nowhere in the Islamic tradition is knowledge understood as a human production. In fact, we can say quite the opposite. That ...

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In October, Malaysia’s first astronaut will join a Russian crew and blast off into space. The news of a Muslim astronaut was cause for celebration in the Islamic world, but then certain questions ...

Ibn Rushd (Averroes) (1126-1198) Andalusian Muslim polymath, a master of Aristotelian philosophy, Islamic philosophy, Islamic theology, Maliki law and jurisprudence, logic, psychology, politics and ...

After 9/11, a common epithet to describe Islam is "The Religion of Peace," but this is inaccurate and confusing. The Quran never describes the faith in these terms. It is more accurate to describe ...

Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? The medieval English allegorical poem Piers Plowman described the birth of ...

Translator's Note: On November 10, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) canceled plans to hold its annual Congress for World Philosophy Day in Tehran. The ...