“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The ...

In Asking The Prophet, we probe the brains of sci-fi, fantasy, and speculative fiction writers. This week, we spoke with Alan Smale about alternate histories, researching imaginary worlds, and more.

A reflection on how Quranic narratives of justice, arrogance, moral decay mirror the crises, choices of our time ...

It’s the silent stories — those too dangerous to tell — that characterize much of queer history. That fear-induced secrecy has left large swaths of our archives absent of queer narratives, especially ...

ST. LOUIS – This week's Hey Heidi question from Mary Hare takes us back in time. She wants to know the history of the Veiled Prophet and its connection to high society right here in St. Louis. Veiled ...

Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, recently dismissed Erika López Prater, an adjunct faculty member, for showing two historical Islamic paintings of the Prophet Muhammad in her global survey ...

One of the least understood personalities that ever existed is the holy prophet Muhammad. The prophet, his message and his manner of delivery have often been misconstrued. From textbooks to television ...