For 37 years he did not leave the tiny platform 18 meters above the ground. Here he ate what he got from people, he slept here, prayed and gave sermons. His only protection against cold, rain, snow, scorching sun and wind was a cape with a hood. In the 5th century, Szymon Słupnik contemplated and gl
Formal protests. Mass demonstrations. Attacks. Publishing images of Muhammad, especially caricatured images, almost always provokes violent reactions from Muslims around the world. Why? Does religion really prohibit the followers of Islam from creating images of the Prophet? In September 2005, t
Egypt, located in the northeast region of the African continent, it was a civilization that flourished thanks to the fertility of its lands and the availability of water resources offered by the River Nile. The favorable living conditions in that region were responsible for the growth of the populat
Introduction Art and architecture from the areas of the Middle East, North Africa, North India and Spain that belonged to the territory of Islam at different times from the 7th century onwards. Isfahans Masjid-i-Sha is a madrasa (school for students of Islam), within which there is also a mosqu