Category: History
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Afghans and Islam in Bengal
Bengal has been the centre of trade, commerce and enlightenment in the subcontinent for millenniums but little is known about how Islam became a dominant force in the region. Although from a short glance, these two nations are Two Thousand Kilometres apart. One doesn’t seem tied to the other’s history with many of its inhabitants…
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Is Quraysh lineage necessary for the Caliph?
This topic has been controversial among Muslims all over the internet with sides evoking racial and nationalistic sentiments and both sides being absolutely high on emotion. Although it is true that there are ahadith that do speak about Quraysh lineage being a deciding factor for the Caliphate and legitimate Caliph, there are also ahadith that…
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Nalanda Monasteries: A myth of Muslim invasion
It is very well known that Nalanda monasteries was destroyed by the Turkish Muslim invader named Ikhtiyar al-Din Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khiliji in an attempt to uproot Buddhism from the regions he conquered — mostly encompassing Eastern India. Or was it? Whenever Muslims mourn on the internet over the loss of Baghdad to the Mongol invasion,…
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The House of Wisdom: Rise and Fall of Islamic Intellectualism and Sciences
Multiculturalism, knowledge, inventions, lingual eloquence and spirituality. These are what come to mind when we vision medieval Muslims that rapidly spread across the world within a short matter of time. Baghdad — once a centre of commerce and learning, now a region of the tumultuous political climate and humanitarian crises. What happened to once the…
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West’s Emotional Puppet- Osama bin Laden
So let me be a martyr,dwelling in a high mountain passamong a band of knights who,united in devotion to God,descend to face armies. Whenever Bin Laden is mentioned the gentrified post colonization mind sees the visage of a villain. Who was Bin Laden? A terrorist. Yes, but what was he before being a terrorist? A…
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In The Medieval Ages, How did Muslims Fight Against Armored European Knights
originally taken from this Quora answer https://qr.ae/pGZzld With this: And later on, this: It is a misconception that Muslims were lightly armored. In fact, heavy cavalry played an instrumental part in the Battle of Ain Jalut when the Mamluks defeated the Mongols. Secondly, heavy cavalry wasn’t invincible as we see in the Battle of Agincourt,…
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Why Every Muslim Should Read Siasatnama
Siasatnama, “The Book of Rules for Kings.” is a book that the great vizier, scholar, political thinker, and administrator Nizam ul Mulk wrote. He was the best political theorist to have ever lived. Yet, not many people, especially Muslims, know about him or his works. Legend says that when Nizam ul Mulk was a boy,…
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John Axouchos, the kidnapped Turkish child who became a Roman commander
Early life John Axouchos was born circa 1087. He is a Turk by birth (though referred to anachronistically as a “Persian” by John Kinnamos). Because of his origin, it is possible that Axouchos was a Muslim before his capture. In 1097, the little John Axouchos was captured by the Romans during the Siege of Nicaea…