Appreciation for a basic relationship between the art and the religion of Islam increases with familiarity ... The center of a circle is an apt symbol of a religon that emphasizes one God, and symbol ...

However, this symbol did not originate with Islam; it was adopted for the first time by the city of Byzantine (which later became Istanbul). While the Ottoman Empire ruled the Muslim world ...

Books in the series explore how the politics of Islam, both as a struggle for control over religious symbols and as a contest for control over institutions and practices, plays out in the lives of ...

Ms Ahmed says: "I wish this was about all religious symbols in some way but I don't think it is". "I don't think if hijabi Muslim women weren't out there doing their thing, being successful in ...

The issue of the Islamic headscarf has divided Europe ... The headscarf and other "conspicuous" religious symbols were banned in state schools in 2004. In August France's Education Minister ...

Government offices in the EU can ban employees wearing religious symbols such as Islamic headscarves, even when they do not have contact with the public, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled ...