In this October 8, 2021 photo, people view the damage inside of a mosque frequented by the Shiite Muslim minority following a deadly bombing claimed by the Islamic State that killed dozens, in Kunduz ...

African central banks are stepping up efforts to promote Islamic finance as part of a broader push to boost financial inclusion and diversify funding for productive investments, a new study shows.

Shortly after the Islamic State Khorasan Province’s (ISKP) first reported attack targeting Uzbek territory on April 18, one Tajik-speaking supporter on Telegram, feeling particularly inspired, urged ...

The Saudi-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) and the Kyrgyz government have launched a pilot project designed to introduce Islamic financing in Kyrgyzstan. Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev and IDB ...

The Islamic State Central Africa Province (ISCAP), locally known as the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), has killed almost 1,000 civilians this year, with the vast majority of its victims being ...

It is a common assumption that the Bolsheviks, after consolidating their hold on power, sought to destroy Islam in Central Asia and elsewhere in the Soviet Union. But Islam during the Soviet era was ...

The Enduring Significance of the Iranian World in the First Millennium CE : Transformation and Continuity / D.G. Tor. Part 1. Iranian Central Asia in Late Antiquity. Types of town planning in ancient ...