Category Archives: Islam

Taking a Terrorist Way too Serious

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Muller

After the recent terror attacks in Paris and Copenhagen, and atrocities by Daesh, the self-proclaimed Islamic State, Western voices including U.S. president Barack Obama have claimed that this does not represent Islam. Outrage about a perceived helplessness of the Muslim world … Continue reading →

Posted in Islam, Terrorism | Tagged 2022 Worldcup, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Charlie Hebdo, Copenhagen shootings, Daesh, FIFA, ISIS, modern slavery, Muslim authorities, Qatar, Raif Badawi, Saudi-Arabia, women's rights | Leave a comment

Revisionist Rewriting of 9th Century Arabic Enlightenment

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Muller

The self-proclamation of a terrorist organization as new “Islamic State” and “caliphate” led by an individual who has changed his name to al-Baghdadi has not been met with general enthusiasm or sympathy in the Islamic world, not even in Salafi … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Review, Islam | Tagged Abbasid caliphate, Buyid dynasty, Central Asia, Chengis Khan, Ghazanvids, Great Seljuks, Hülegü, Islam's Golden Age, S. Frederick Starr, Samanid dynasty, Timur | Leave a comment

Why Not a Caliphate?

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Muller

When ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) yesterday proclaimed The Islamic State and his leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi caliph, both the Muslim world and non-Muslim world incredulously shook of their heads. What a charade. What kind of fellow Abu Bakr … Continue reading →

Posted in Islam | Tagged Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, caliphate, Catholic Church, ISIS, Islamic State, Pope, Shi'a | Leave a comment

Praying and Fasting in Northern Norway

Posted on June 29, 2014 by Muller

These days I have met several non-Muslims who wonder how Muslims pray and fast during the holy month of Ramadan when living beyond the Arctic Circle. Two years ago, SaudiAramco World had published an article about the pretty large Muslim … Continue reading →

Posted in Islam | Tagged Ramadan, Tromsø | Leave a comment

By Compass and Straightedge

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Muller

Update below. Readers may have noticed that I have attributed considerable recreational time on this blog to conceive and convey quasi-periodic patterns on ancient Islamic buildings. Following a first visit of Esfahan’s Darb-i Imam shrine in the old city in … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Iran, Islam | Tagged compass and straightedge, Darb-i Imam, Emil Mackovicky, Esfahan's Friday mosque, girih tiles, Gunbad-i Kabud, Penrose tiling, Peter Lu, Peter Steinhardt, quasi-periodic tiling, Rima A. al-Ajlouni | Leave a comment

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