“Brother,” said Ali ibn al-Hussein, “you stood proudly over me and overspoke. If you have said what is really in my character, I then seek Allah’s forgiveness. If you have said what is not in my character, Allah may forgive you!” The man kissed the Imam between the eyes and ...
Politics was referred to as being dirty, meaning unprincipled, as something unsavoury that morally upright people would not touch, a sullied game of bargaining and dishonesty … .Politics, it was held, represented a continuous social disturbance that caused unease, brought disharmony to society,...
Jalal-ud-din-Mohammad Akbar, also known as Akbar, was one of the most famous Mughal kings and he reigned India during the 16th century. Akbar, unlike other Mughal emperors, was keen to have talented people in his court irrespective of their religion. He had nine gems in his...
In this study, we analyze the relationship between county-level religious adherence rates and county-level cohabitation rates in the year 2000. Based on th