History
Derbent - Russia’s oldest city: 5,000 and counting
Source : RT | 15 Dec 2011
RT travels to the country’s southernmost and oldest city. First mentioned by Ancient Greek historians, Derbent maintained strategic importance in the region for millennia and may have been the cradle of Islam in Russia.
The city’s present-day name is Persian in origin and is translated as “narrow gates”. In Arabic it was called Bab al-Abvab, or “the gate of all gates”. Many other names it had over its turbulent history also play on the idea of a closed doorway in one way or another.
Islam in the Russian Army
By Ilshat Nasirov : Islam Magazine | Makhachkala | 2005
Legal status of Muslims in the Russian Imperial Army in the 17-19 centuries on the example of Bashkirs.
In the 16th century Russia was turning into a multinational state. The Russian army, the most important component of the Russian statehood has been multi-ethnic and multi-confessional since then. Thus, Muslim Bashkirs constituted a big part of the Russian troops.
Arabs – the founders of geography
Source : Islam Magazine | Makhachkala | 2005
In the Middle Ages Arab geographers were the most versed in the knowledge of paths, roads and routes.
The interest to the observations of natural phenomena was an intrinsic characteristic of Arabs from the very beginning. They determined routes on land and at sea with the help of stars. Some pieces of knowledge in astronomy helped them to determine the weather, time of sowing, etc. This knowledge had been passing on from one generation to another.
Andalusia: the Return of Islam to Europe
By Iskander Nabiulin | Islam Magazine / Makhachkala / 2011
There is no way not to fall in love with Andalusia, and the Moors knew where to build their state ...
History of Hajj in Russia from 18th to 21st century
By Bekmurza Bekmurzaev, Minister for National Policy, Religious Affairs and External Relations of the Republic of Dagestan | 05 Dec 2011
50 to 80% of Russian pilgrims have always been Dagestanis
Is Arabic the language of Adam? or of Paradise?
By Ibn Hazm al-Andalusi | IslamToday | 11 Oct 2011
[This article is a full translation of the fifth chapter of Ibn Hazm's Ihkâm fî Usûl al-Ahkâm. It's original title is: "The Origins of Language: Divine Providence or Human Codification". It is presented here for the interesting points it makes about matters of general interest, and should not be taken as the final word on linguistic matters.]
Sufi History in Daghestan
Sufism has an age-long history which has yet only recently become the subject of study. However the last few years have seen a certain amount of work done, for example, the publication of important articles on the history and practice of Sufism in Daghestan, especially in the 18th-20th centuries, Sufi treatises by Dagestani authors. The research sources pool has grown. The Eastern Literature publishing house in Moscow has released an important monograph by a Dagestani author Alikber Alikberov on the early history of Sufism in Daghestan.
London’s historic connections to Islam
Source : Sheyma Buali | Arab News
London | 03 Aug 2011
Last month as part of the Shubbak Festival Professor Jack Lohman, director of the Museum of London, gave a talk on London’s historical connections to the Arab world. A good bulk of the talk, however, went into the history of the Muslim presence in this city. Today, at the beginning of Ramadan, it is great to see the vibrancy that that history has led to.
