In the month of Ramadan, fourteen centuries ago, there were five verses revealed to the Prophet Muhamad (peace be upon him) through the archangel Gabriel which marked the beginning of a new chapter for the human history. The first word conveyed to him was "Read!", and among other few first words were, "Read! And your Lord is the Most Generous, Who taught by the pen!"The first surah is named, "the Embryo." The symbolism couldn't be more powerful. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) was...

Over the last seventy years, the topic of Palestine and the conflict with Jews has been central to Muslims. Headlines and news about the Palestinian conflict have never ceased hitting the Muslim audience. In addition, Jews have never been more overestimated than during this period of history, and many narratives, fake or real, have been spread about them, such as, they own banks, control the world, control big companies, the Jewish lobby in America is very powerful, they own this or that...

Whenever historical topics come up, often we find Vatican mentioned alongside, supposedly referring to its historical documents, as if the whole history of the world has been recorded and preserved by the Catholic Church. This has made me think seriously about history from a methodological perspective, by raising some fundamental questions about this science. In my view, understanding about history is principally more important than understanding history itself. Therefore, it is only fair to...

The death of anyone is painful, let alone the death of an innocent child, whether that child falls into a well in Morocco, or killed in Syria and Iraq by the madness and greed of the western countries, or dying in Yemen from hunger. I see Moroccan people calling on their government to close down the wells where possibly children could fall into. When Pope Francis visited Morocco a few years ago in order to inaugurate the opening of a new school for the preparation of a new generation of...

A few years ago, Pope Francis – as a political missionary of the West, visited Morocco. The visit was rare while he was welcomed with great celebration. In addition to blessing the Royal Family, Pope Francis participated in the inauguration of a special school for training a new generation of imams or religious clergy. First of all, I don’t think that the concern of Pope was to teach students Arabic language and Quran memorization; rather, the purpose of that school was to train...

Get tirana.social on google play: Whenever historical topics come up, often we find Vatican mentioned alongside, supposedly referring to its historical documents, as if the whole history of the world has been recorded and preserved by the Catholic Church. This has made me think seriously about history from a methodological perspective, by raising some fundamental questions about this science. In my view, understanding about history is principally more important than understanding history...