SHAH ALAM - Islam does not prohibit modern medicine, such as vaccines and in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) treatment, as long as ...

Born in 1962 in Najaf, Iraq, Tabrizian is a high-ranked Shi’a cleric (an ayatollah) and a graduate of major Shi’a seminaries.

Medicine was an important part of medieval Islamic life; both rich and poor people were interested in health and diseases. Islamic doctors and a number of scholars wrote profusely on health and ...

Sancho I, ruler of the kingdom of Léon in the north of modern-day Spain, was overthrown by rebel nobles in A.D. 958. Their motive, even by the turbulent politics of the day, was an unusual one ...

Would upgrading the scope of the Hadiths bring back the Golden Age of Islam? This question arises because many modern ...

Users on Twitter describe how the Ayatollah Tabrizian has publicly denounced Western medicine as "un-Islamic". In a post to over 120,000 followers on the social messaging service Telegram ...

Look at the table below to find out more about important figures in early Islamic medicine. Name What did they study and write about? Al-Razi Studied diseases in children and how the brain worked.

Friday night, Muslims around the world will begin observing the holy month of Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic calendar. During this month, Muslims (and non-Muslims who want to participate ...