- 来自亚洲伊斯兰教的势力曾在西班牙延续了几百年。阿拉伯的穆斯林进入欧洲,显然犯了基督信徒的大忌,信仰基督的欧洲是无法接受这个 事实的,从此便揭开一连串无止无休的战争序幕。这场基督信徒和阿拉伯穆斯林之间的 神圣战争延绵了七百六十年,直到公元一四九二年穆斯林被迫离开西班牙,退回北非。当阿卜杜拉·拉赫曼到达西班牙的时候,来自北非…
- At the British Museum, a collection of artefacts from the Muslim world is on show which tells the history of a journey to Mecca always forbidden to non-Muslims. It features a succession of examples of the rich visual language of Islamic culture past and present, artwork created to reflect the powerful experience for an…
- It was the world's last Islamic empire - a super-power of a million square miles. From its capital in Istanbul it matched the glories of Ancient Rome. And after six centuries in power it collapsed less than a hundred years ago. Rageh Omaar sets out to discover why the Ottomans have vanished from our understanding of th…