Zia was a British-Pakistani thespian and truly a jack of all trades as he juggled acting, direction and broadcasting. Having...

Allama Iqbal was the greatest poet-philosopher of the Indian Subcontinent whose poetry in the Urdu language is considered among the...

Author, social reformer, and patron of the arts, she was born in Constantinople on 1 August 1877 into the prominent...

Martin Lings was an English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher and an authority on the work of William Shakespeare. He...

Aisha Bewley has been – and continues to be – a world-renowned and accomplished translator of classical Islamic literature. After...

Muhammad Isa Waley is a British editor, translator, and researcher specializing in the literature of Muslim spirituality in Arabic, Persian,...

Ziauddin Sardar is a British-Pakistani scholar, award-winning writer, cultural critic and public intellectual who specialises in Muslim thought, the future...

The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World (Alwaleed Centre), is an...

The Centre of Islamic Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London is focused on...

Gai Eaton, born Charles Le Gai Eaton, also known as Hasan le Gai Eaton or Hassan Abdul Hakeem, was born...

Mahmood Jamal was an author, poet and producer. In 1986, he translated and authored, ‘The Penguin Book of Modern Urdu...

Abd Ar Rahman bin Muhammed ibn Khaldun (1332 – 1406) is considered the Muslim father of Sociology. His contributions to...

Imam al-Ghazali (1057-1111), honoured with the title of "Hujjatul Islam" or "Proof of Islam," was a renowned Islamic scholar and...