#Persian

Simon Wolfgang Fuchs 🇪🇺

Simon_W_Fuchs

(1/5) Joseph Schacht, one of the giants in the Western study of Islamic law, was appointed professor of Oriental Studies @UniFreiburg in 1924, at the tender age of 22. Between

Usman T. Malik

usmantm

I was today years old when I learned 'quarantine' was invented by Muslim scientist Ibn Sina in the 11th century.A thread. "The first arguments for the use of quarantine to

Mujin

mujin_x88

This video circulating the other day really took me back to my own brief time in the Pamirs. I also gleaned a few details which inspired me as to the

Wake up

enigmaoftruth1

THREAD: The Prophecies of Muhammad PBUH: Proofs of Prophethood. [Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy, Yaqeen] This thread will present some of the most compelling and intriguing prophecies of Muhammad pbuh and the

Ethan "Mr.E" Schoonover

ethanschoonover

A reminder that Chutes and Ladders is really just Snakes and Ladders, an ancient Indian board game going back to at least 200 BCE. Adding some more original snakes and

Malik Khurram Khan Dehwar

KhurramDehwar

A passion piece for me, tracing the origins of #Pakistan #Turkiye brotherhood.Nowadays, when public affinity for #Turkish TvShow #ErtugrulGhazi is the rage in #Pakistan.I’ve attempted to trace the historical events

Alex Shams

seyyedreza

Trippy Tehran, part two.These stairs are painted with Esfand Bafi, a charm common in Iran to protect from the evil eye, similar to nazar.Esfand bafi refers to the dried seeds

A M A L I A H

Amaliah_Tweets

It's been the Eid bakeoff at @Amaliah_Tweets + @HalalGems HQ this week - choose your fave: Strawberry and Cream Layered Cake / each layer lightly soaked in a sweet milk

Joseph T Noony

JoeAgneya

Greek Myths- No 1'Claudius Ptolemy' supposedly lived in ~150 CE Egypt. And whatever Egyptian/Babylonian epistemic knowledge he had is treated as 'Greek Knowledge' without question. And western historians have been

Evan Levine

LevineRx

Today’s digital day trip from #Athens takes us off the beaten path to Rhamnous! It may not feature on every itinerary, but Rhamnous is the best preserved city in Attica.

🌾🍄Amaya: Animist Astrologer & Folk Witch 🍁🥀

feralvenefica

The Moon is currently conjoined fixed star Regulus, so what the hell! Let's talk about the 4 Royal Stars of Persia. 1/too many, frankly, but fuck it! this is good

Ibraheem Thurial B.

Afghan_Policy

Alright, so here comes a bit of a technical thread.Under what pretext was Anas Haqqani - a convicted & incarcerated prisoner - freed?A Presidential Pardon or something else?https://twitter.com/amnestysasia/status/1194560467290607617 Before going

Sajjad Rizvi

mullasadra

#IbnArabi (d. 1240) is famed for his monistic doctrine of #wahdatalwujud although #WilliamChittick http://www.ibnarabisociety.org/articles/qunawi-on-the-one-wujud.html has pointed out he never used the term preferring al-wujud al-Haqq or similar #Suf

allie #insulin4all (she/her)

autoimmuneallie

okay y’all, here’s the tea on what’s going on in iran with #ThereIsNoInsulin: there’s been a significant shortage of analogue insulin the last two weeks. people who use insulin are

imran

meemainseen

A Phoney GraveA Sultan in AbsentiaA Ghauri Misfired___Taking G.T.Road from Rawalpindi few furlongs short of the station of Sohawa, due left, a tiny road branches off into the wilderness called

Fidato

tequieremos

“The Radical Changes Atatürk'e brought under the garb of Secularism”1. An old Turkish word used for pagan Turkic deities, replaced the customary Allah. Turkish call to prayer replaced the traditional