Bin Laden was intelligent, well-informed, and low key. The people around him treated him with great deference, calling him 'sheikh,' a term… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
“My dear sir,” said the sheikh. “God likes catching His servants unprepared. The boy has set down what is obviously the first… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“I believe he is attempting to pray,” said Sheikh Bilal. “But he isn’t clean. He hasn’t performed the ablution or checked the… — G. Willow Wilson Copy Share Image
“Part of him wanted to throw her down onto the straw and have done with it. For there was no surer way… — Sharon Kendrick Copy Share Image
Sheikh Hasina's government is one of the best Bangladesh has ever had. She is taking action against fundamentalists. But even she refused… — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
Sheikh Rahman had a doctorate in Islamic jurisprudence from al-Azhar University in Cairo, the Harvard of Islamic thought. He also had a… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
“The Sufis are unanimous that a Guide (Sheikh) is absolutely essential, though never available on demand: 'the Sufis are not merchants'.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
