Currently Browsing: History & Heritage
Azerbaijani painter and decorative artist Tünzale Memmedzade has transcribed the Quran onto transparent silk pages. Memmedzade, a 33-year-old artist, used 50 meters of transparent black silk, and 1,500 milliliters of gold and silver inks in the project, which has taken three years to complete. She reports that she transcribed the Quran based on the official […]
Featuring a Muslim cleric and a vicar, the advert denotes a powerful message and is praised as inspiring & different. Amazon has certainly grabbed the best Christmas advert this year. Featuring a real Muslim cleric and vicar, it debuted on TV last week and viewers have praised the wonderful message of tolerance and inter-faith friendship […]
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, UAE The mosque has a grandiose shrine and its construction material was brought from various countries. Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse, Kashan, Iran This was built in the 16th century. The house is decorated with amazing ornamental tiles. Jameh Mosque of Isfahān, Isfahān, Iran The mosque is the oldest shrine […]
British Muslim Magazine is supporting a survey carried out by Dr Valerie van Mulukom and Professor Harvey Whitehouse School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, and is funded by an Economic and Social Research Council grant to the researchers. “This study examines experiences that UK Muslims may have had, as well as challenges they […]
Hull will be the UK City of Culture in 2017 and the party is almost here. The programme for the for season “Made in Hull” has already been announced and with events selling out fast, Hull really is the destination for next year. Maybe you will be travelling for the Turner, flying in […]
Showcasing over a hundred spectacular objects from Morocco to China, Power and Protection is the first major exhibition to explore the supernatural in the art of the Islamic world. Within Islamic societies, people of all backgrounds have engaged in fascinating and sometimes controversial practices such as the casting of horoscopes and the interpretation of […]
