Written by Hannah B. Mubarak In the Ottoman Empire, Ashura was more than a religious observance, it was a tradition that brought faith, charity, and community into everyday life. Observed on the tenth day of Muharram, the occasion carried deep spiritual meaning across...

The Persian population converted to Islam during the time of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and his rightly-guided caliphs. During the Seljuk and Khwarazmian eras, Ahl as-sunnah Wal Jama'ah made up the bulk of the population across the Iranian...

He was the son of Sultan Abdul Majid and is remembered as one of the greatest rulers of the Ottoman Empire. He ascended to the throne at the age of thirty-four during one of the most difficult periods in Ottoman history. The empire was surrounded by internal weakness,...