Cold-calculation or catastrophic misjudgement and human error — This question is still debated today, more than 100 years later. Why? An act of terrorism, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, triggered the crisis that led to the war. Acts of terrorism are all too familiar today. How to respond? …

What Muslim tradition and modern research tell us — Muslim tradition [1] explains the Quran was first put together in written form under the first caliph, Abu Bakr (11–13 AH)[2]. He was prompted to order this when warned that many of those who had memorised revelations taught by the Prophet were being killed in battle and consequently parts of…