Our dear friend Dr. Muzaffar Iqbal wrote the following a few months back: I was in Tus in October 2017 and went to the tomb of the Imam, and was literally “shaken” to see that the archeological department of Khurasan has shifted the site of the tomb to a new location about 300 feet away from where it was and they were making articial graves. Chronologically: I first visited the site of the...

This book was published in 1960 by dar al-maʾārif Press of Cairo, I was just able to get a copy of it this past month. Note that it has a line drawing by the author of what he imagines Imam al-Ghazali to be. Its a very nice line drawing. I have included it here along with the table of contents.   Title: The Concept of man in Islam: In the writings of al-Ghazali Author: Ali Issa Othman...

Manuscripts are an important source of knowledge. They have been the source for the spread of knowledge in the Muslim world for over 1220 years since the widespread use of paper in the Muslim World. Paper was introduced in 751 after a decisive battle of the banks of the river Talas. By 793 paper making was introduced in Baghdad and from there it spread west. Given that Arabic writing is best...