Controversial. And a towering musical hero to generations of Bangla Rock lovers. Rupam Islam takes us through the five decades of his eventful life and Fossils that turned 25 last year.
The sound recordist working on the track played the full song for the team and we knew we could be moved to tears on a bad ...
Several celebrities with ties to the Trinamool Congress have actively joined the ongoing protests, voicing their strong condemnation of the rape and murder of a woman doctor on duty at Kolkata’s ...
Many celebrities close to the Trinamool Congress have joined the ongoing protests and taken a strong stance against the rape and murder of a woman doctor on duty at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical ...
Taking over from the organization's founder, Elijah Muhammad helmed the Nation of Islam during a period of limited growth. Malcolm X's arrival in 1952 ushered in a time of dramatically increased ...
Ten years ago, Muhammad Syed became an ex-Muslim. Born in the US, he grew up in Pakistan believing "100 per cent" in Islam. "You don't encounter doubt," he says. "Everyone around you believes it." ...
This essay looks at the spread of Islam into Southeast Asia and how religious belief and expression fit with extant and modern polictical and economic infrastructures. It is difficult to determine ...
Jacques Jomier attributes this phenomenon to the way Islam moves through the world: Islam is like a clear stream, with well defined characteristic, which is the same everywhere. But the soil over ...
Before the message of the Prophet Muhammad spread beyond the Arabian Peninsula, local medical attitudes were based on the words of the founder of Islam: “Make use of medical treatment ...
The word 'Islam' in Arabic means submission to the will of God. Followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims believe there is one true God Allah (the Arabic word for God). Muslims believe that ...
"This is the only thing left that connects me to Islam," says Merve, showing me her bright red headscarf. Merve teaches religion to elementary school children in Turkey. She says she used to be a ...