Sparks Commentary

“The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people . Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was shaped. Here they f...

The medieval period is often seen as “backwards” today – and to some extent, this really is true. But this era also had some great science, ...

During the Middle Ages , the  Muslim world  helped to keep  Greek philosophy  alive. In the wake of the Roman Empire’s fall in the fifth cen...

“ Allah—there is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him . He has the Most Beautiful Names.” – English translation of The Quran, Surah 20:8 Is...

Long before the  Panama Canal  was built, the Suez Canal was opened in 1869. This is the same year that America ’s  Transcontinental Railroa...

The Arab Revolt against the rule of the Ottoman Turks … When people hear the phrase  “World War One,”  they usually think of Europe . But it...

“ Muḥammad is the Messenger of Allah . And those with him are firm with the disbelievers and compassionate with one another.” – English tran...

“ ˹He is˺ Allah! There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except Him , the Lord of the Mighty Throne.” – English translation of  The Quran, Surah...

The Early Middle Ages are today remembered as the  “Dark Ages.”  The art historian Kenneth Clark made this argument in his landmark docum...

“Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city : for henceforth there shall no more...

During the Reagan administration, we were allied with both Iraq and Afghanistan … In the  Ronald Reagan  era, America had two allies th...

To say that the relationship between  Islam  and  the West  is sometimes troubled would be something of an understatement. Since the  rise...

“We hope that this book, which knows how to say the important and say it well, contributes to spread linguistic knowledge that usually re...

If there's ever been a peaceful period in Muslim history, the Cold War was not that period … If there's ever been a peaceful per...

“The High Contracting Parties do by the present Charter establish an Organization to be known as the ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY . The O...

“Maths is the true language that the universe is written in  –  the key to understanding the world around us.” – Marcus du Sautoy, in th...