The next fourteen hundred years (see previous article) are a remarkable story of dynasties and empires struggling for power across the globe. We begin with the Umayyad Dynasty. The Umayyad Dynasty The Umayyad Dynasty lasted for nearly one hundred years (661 - 750). The successor dynasty, Abbasid …
About Islam
What Christian's should know about Islam, history, and culture
Sufism now and then
(Written from an Indian perspective.)Initiated Into SufismAnwar was filled with excitement, anticipation, and a bit of fear. After completing nearly a year of exercises to be accepted into his father's order of Sufism, he was to be initiated at last and would become a Murid, or a disciple in …
