Arab

Knowledge

Ancient Arab vs India

When Arabia Was in Darkness, India Was Carrying the Torch of Knowledge – So What Darkness Does Islam Claim to Remove?

What Was the “Age of Jahiliyyah” in Arabia Really Like? The term “Jahiliyyah” is fundamentally a theological concept. In Islamic terminology, it refers to the “Age of Ignorance” before divine guidance. This does not mean that Arabs were uncivilized in every respect. Many modern historians argue that it is misleadingRead More

Knowledge

Ancient India vs Arab

আরব যখন অন্ধকারে, ইন্ডিয়ায় তখন জ্ঞানের মশাল জ্বলে – ইসলাম কিসের অন্ধকার দূর করতে চায়?

আরবে “আইয়ামে জাহেলিয়া” আসলেই কি ছিল? “জাহেলিয়া” শব্দটি মূলত একটি ধর্মতাত্ত্বিক ধারণা। ইসলামী পরিভাষায় এর অর্থ ঐশী পথনির্দেশের আগের “অজ্ঞতার যুগ”। এর অর্থ এই নয় যে আরবরা সব দিক থেকে সভ্যতাহীন ছিল। অনেক আধুনিক ইতিহাসবিদ মনে করেন, শব্দটিকে সংস্কৃতিহীনতার সমার্থক ধরলে ভুল হয়। ইসলাম যেভাবে এটাকে বর্ননা করে তা স্রেফRead More

Islam

Nonsense Terms and Islam

Islam contains many nonsense terms, and even those are not its own; they are borrowed from neighboring civilizations and mythologies

In English there are many nonsense rhymes, like “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.” In Bangla too there are many, such as “Hattima Tim Tim, tara mathe pare dim.” Children may believe these, but any grown person with common sense knows these are just nonsense, child‑pleasing words and tunes. ButRead More

Muhammad

Muhammad’s Entire Narrative is Borrowed

Except for Muhammad’s sexual life, almost everything in the Qur’an is borrowed! Nobody knew that Muhammad was such a great kutub

1400 years ago, in the harsh, famine‑stricken Arabia, scattered Bedouin people lived there. Because the desert cities of Mecca and Medina were commercial junctions of prosperous civilizations, the folk tales, mythological stories, and religious traditions of Roman, Persian, Syriac, and Hebrew cultures were widely circulated among the people of ArabiaRead More