Shaykh Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Bouti passed away on Friday night, March 20^th 2013, during his weekly lesson in the Jami' al-Iman mosque of Damascus. A criminal assassination during which his grandson Ahmad and a number of students of knowledge were also martyred. The Muslim community lost a mountain and a lamp of knowledge.

We may have heard about the example of the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa alihi wa sallam) before, but have we?

Muslims were insulted and hurt by such atrocious attacks which targeted their sacred values. The movie, Innocence of Muslims, which was recently released, has been the latest in this chain of systemic attacks.

The Hajj and 'Umra Research Institute at Umm Al-Qura University has completed studies to introduce a cable car system to transport people to the historic caves of Hira and Al-Thawr in Makka.

Entitled The Khilafa of Uthman: The Wisdom and the Agony, and taught by Cambridge University's Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, the live online class is the third in a series on the Rightly Guided Caliphs.

The largest book ever published, This is Muhammad, on the life of Prophet Muhammad was unveiled in Dubai recently.

The Turkish minister of culture and tourism on Thursday confirmed media reports suggesting that a 1,500-year-old Bible that was discovered by Turkish police during an anti-smuggling operation in 2000 is being kept in Ankara today.

The Prophet Muhammad is certainly one of the most influential figures in history. Michael H. Hart, in his book, The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History, puts Muhammad at the top of the 100 most influential personalities.

Eyüp Sultan Türbesi, the historic tomb of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, one of the Prophet Muhammad's Companions, is set to reopen to the public in September following a year of restoration.

IN JUNE 2009 Neil MacGregor, the director of the British Museum (BM), flew to Saudi Arabia, his first visit to the heart of the Islamic world. He wanted the blessing of the Saudi royal family.