Kufic is the earliest form of Arabic script ... This example, taken from Safavid Isfahan, also contains the words “(Oh) Allah” (at center) and “Ali” (on the right and left, in blue ...

Two years ago, researchers re-examined a silver ring from a female tomb at Birka and found the phrase "for Allah" inscribed on the stone. Again the text was Kufic, developed in the Iraqi town of ...

As well as Allah, Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, is also mentioned in the text. Kufic characters were commonly found during the Viking Age in mosaics on burial ...

Within Islam, there are no images or statues of Allah as Muslims believe in the transcendence of Allah. In other words, Allah cannot be compared to anything or anyone as he is so holy.

Malaysia's iconic Christ Church in the city of Malacca Malaysia's high court has overturned a policy banning Christians from using the word "Allah" to refer to God, the latest in a decades-long ...

Followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims believe there is one true God Allah (the Arabic word for God). Muslims believe that Islam was revealed over 1,400 years ago in Mekkah, Arabia through ...

The protruding headers form a pattern of Arabic Kufic calligraphy that reads "say he is God (the) one". Social and environmental sustainability were central to the competition-winning scheme and have ...