Arabic literature spans for over two millennium, it has three phases, the pre-Islamic, Islamic and modern.

They are known as the Baburnama and are considered the first true autobiography in Islamic literature.

From the late 17th century onwards a whole body of literature known as the Han Kitab developed amongst the Hui Muslims of China who infused Islamic thought with Confucianism.

In Islamic literature the only form of sex that is always explicitly prohibited within marriage is sex during menstrual cycles.

* Mehmed Yazıcıoğlu, author of the Muhammediyye, one of the key works of Islamic Ottoman literature

Anecdotal literature reinforces this impression of general societal acceptance of the public celebration of male-male love ( which hostile Western caricatures of Islamic societies in medieval and early modern times simply exaggerate ).

), " Islamic Homosexualities: culture, history, and literature " NYU Press New York 1997

* Wafer, Jim ( 1997 ) " Muhammad and Male Homosexuality " in " Islamic Homosexualities: culture, history, and literature " by Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe ( eds.

* Wafer, Jim ( 1997 ) " The Symbolism of Male Love in Islamic Mysthical Literature " in " Islamic Homosexualities: culture, history, and literature " by Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe ( eds.

It also emphasizes the inevitability of resurrection, judgment, and the eternal division of the righteous and the wicked .. Islamic apocalyptic literature describing Armageddon is often known as fitnah (" a test ") or malāhim ( or ghaybah to the Shī ‘ a ).

( XII: 83, 86-87, 96 ) Islamic literature fleshes out the narrative of Jacob, and mentions that his wives included Rachel.

), " Islamic Homosexualities: culture, history, and literature " NYU Press New York 1997

* Wafer, Jim ( 1997 ) " Muhammad and Male Homosexuality " in " Islamic Homosexualities: culture, history, and literature " by Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe ( eds.

* Wafer, Jim ( 1997 ) " The Symbolism of Male Love in Islamic Mysthical Literature " in " Islamic Homosexualities: culture, history, and literature " by Stephen O. Murray and Will Roscoe ( eds.

Shem ( ; Sēm ; Arabic: Sām ; Ge ' ez: ሴም, Sēm ; " renown ; prosperity ; name ") was one of the sons of Noah in the Hebrew Bible as well as in Islamic literature.

Islamic literature describes Shem as one of the believing sons of Noah.

Following the Mongolian invasion of Anatolia facilitated by the Sultanate of Rûm's defeat at the 1243 Battle of Köse Dağ, Islamic mystic literature thrived in Anatolia, and Yunus Emre became one of its most distinguished poets.

In Song Dynasty China and the classical Islamic world, this century marked the high point for both classical Chinese civilization, science and technology, and classical Islamic science, philosophy, technology and literature.

Medina (;,, “ the radiant city ” ( officially ), or ), also officially transliterated as Madinah on Saudi maps and in modern Islamic literature generally, is a modern city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of Al Madinah Province.

He left his native town at a young age for Baghdad to study Arabic literature and Islamic sciences at Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad.

(), better known just as Ibn Rushd (), and in European literature as Averroes (; April 14, 1126 – December 10, 1198 ), was an Andalusian Muslim polymath ; a master of Aristotelian philosophy, Islamic philosophy, Islamic theology, Maliki law and jurisprudence, logic, psychology, politics, Arabic music theory, and the sciences of medicine, astronomy, geography, mathematics, physics and celestial mechanics.

But Saddam embraced Islamic rhetoric and attacked Saudi Arabia, his enemy in the war, for violating Islamic unity and its role as custodian of the two holy cities by allowing non-Muslims on its soil ( traditional Muslim belief holds that non-Muslims must not be allowed on the Arabian peninsula ), and he also accused the Kingdom of being a puppet of the west.

Some of the NIF policies, such as the war with the non-Muslim south, have been reversed, though the National Islamic Front ( now named the National Congress Party ) still holds considerable power in the Sudanese government.

Islamic tradition holds the view that Isa, son of Maryam ( aka Jesus, son of Mary ), was the promised nabi ( Prophet ) and masih ( Messiah ) sent to the Israelites, and that he will again return to Earth in the end times, along with al-Mahdi, and they will defeat Masih ad-Dajjal ( lit.

Arab and Islamic tradition holds that the wilderness of Paran, broadly speaking, is the Hijaz and the site where Ishmael settled was Mecca.

Islamic tradition holds that Gabriel chastised Muhammad for adulterating the revelation, at which point is revealed to comfort him,

Islamic tradition holds that Muhammad led prayers towards this site until the seventeenth month after the emigration, when God directed him to turn towards the Ka ' aba.

The V & A holds over 19, 000 items from the Islamic world, ranging from the early Islamic period ( the 7th century ) to the early 20th century.

Iran holds the world's largest level of Islamic finance assets valued at $ 235. 3bn which is more than double the next country in the ranking with $ 92bn.

Palembang also holds a variety of festivals every year, among them, " Sriwijaya Festival ", held in June to commemorate Palembang's anniversary, Bidar and Ornamental Boat Festival celebrate Independence Day, and various festivals commemorating the Islamic New Year, Month of Ramadan, and New Year's Day.

This ensures that the ideological Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution ( separate from the Iranian army ) holds a commanding influence over the political, economic, and cultural life of Iran.

( Genesis 35: 8 ) Jewish Old Testament holds that the Egyptian princess Batya ( whose place is occupied by Egyptian queen Asiya in Islamic legends ) attempted to wet-nurse Moses, but he would only take his biological mother's milk.

Islamic tradition holds that it fell from Heaven to show Adam and Eve where to build an altar.

Islamic tradition holds that the Stone fell from Heaven to show Adam and Eve where to build an altar, which became the first temple on Earth.

Olivier Roy holds that the primary motive of all of this activity is resistance to colonialism and control of the Islamic World by outsiders.

Islamic tradition holds that God sent messengers to every nation.

Islamic tradition holds that there are some suras, or parts thereof, that have certain benefits when recited.

Here, the University Islamic Society holds Jamaat 5 times a day.

At Georgetown University, Esposito holds the position of University Professor and teaches as both Professor of Religion and International Affairs and Professor of Islamic Studies.

Islamic belief holds that he was born of a virgin birth but that neither he nor his mother were divine.

After the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah in 628, Islamic tradition holds that Muhammad sent many letters to the princes, kings, and chiefs of the various tribes and kingdoms of the time, inviting them to convert to Islam.

Emaar also holds 30 % equity in Dubai Bank, focused on retail and commercial banking and is the majority shareholder in Amlak Finance, UAE ’ s leading Islamic home financing company.

Although Qutuz's reign was short, he is one of the most popular Mamluk sultans in the Islamic world and holds one of the highest positions in Islamic history.