As the 1400s dawned and progressed, the last remnants of military resistance to the Christian reconquista faded from Spain-but the legacy of Islamic culture was ensured. This program explores that climactic stage in medieval Spanish history. Navigating what can still be seen of the urban landscape of the time, the program illuminates the lives of Muslim leader Ibn Zamrak, Castilian constable Alvaro de Luna, and the latter's role in the wider drama...

This film shines a light on key events in Muhammad's life, including the Night Journey to Jerusalem; his life-threatening departure from Mecca; the establishment of the Constitution of Medina that recognizes the rights of all people (Jews, Christians, and pagan tribes) living in that city; the development of justifications for war and the war with the Meccan tribes; and Muhammad's massacre of a Jewish tribe that helped his enemies.

Maps, illustrations, and photographs offer a comprehensive overview of the history of Islam.

A fascinating journey into Islam's diverse history of ideas, making an argument for an "Islamic Enlightenment" today In Reopening Muslim Minds, Mustafa Akyol, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and opinion writer for The New York Times, both diagnoses "the crisis of Islam" in the modern world, and offers a way forward. Diving deeply into Islamic theology, and also sharing lessons from his own life story, he reveals how Muslims lost the universalism...

Documents the rise and growth of Islam and discusses the impact of Islamic civilization on world history and culture.

Few things provoke controversy in the modern world like the religion brought by Muhammad. There is alarm over jihad, underage marriage and the threat of amputation or stoning under Shariah law. Sometimes rumor, sometimes based in fact and often misunderstood, the tenets of Islamic law and dogma were not set in the religion's founding moments. They were developed over centuries by the clerical class of Muslim scholars. MISQUOTING MUHAMMAD takes the...

This episode of Decoding the Past traces the influence of the Koran from the Golden Age of Islam to the modern-day rise of jihadism as Islamic scholars and religious figures share their insights into that sacred text.