Reflecting on common culture codes of Europe, a number of literary works, with no doubt, formed the character of previous European. If, Odysseus represents an archetype of a traveller, pioneer and conqueror, then, Faust — an active-minded and restless intellectual. Likewise, one of the most famous warrior archetypes is represented by Roland, one of Charlemagne’s (Carl the Great) knights, the hero of the[Read More…]
M. R. Menocal, a scholar on medieval history and culture, says: “Many Spaniards and many Hispanists, following their lead, have wished to view the eight hundred years of Islamic presence as a negative period in their history, a moment of alien intrusion that, if it cannot be erased, can at least be made to disappear in our historiographical fictions.”1 It[Read More…]
Walking through the Muslim quarter of Xi’an is a fascinating venture into a hodge-podge of cultures. The smell of lamb skewers and hot spices wafts through the crowded streets. Chinese-looking women in headscarfs stretch noodles, while an old man with a white prayer hat stands in front of a mosque with a distinctly Chinese arched roof. This is the home[Read More…]
One Step Away From Islam The Value of Pre-Islamic Arab Poetry Studying Arabic classics was an essential part of Islamic traditional education until very recently. Today’s Muslim cannot always reason with this fact, and often times opinions like ‘why do we need to study the writing of kufr,’ could be heard. With this logic, similar understanding expands to the entire[Read More…]
We, a group of native European Muslims, hereby declare the following: 1. Europeans have the right to be called to Islam and be educated on this religion without it being associated with terrorism, mass migration or hate to Europeans. They have the right to practice Islam in the context of Monotheism, the Law of God, the revitalization of most[Read More…]
Nowadays, political agenda of our modern world seems to be such: Islam opposes Europeans. In troth, Islam is associated by many Europeans with the threat of: Death – by “Islamic terrorism”; Country destruction – by uncontrolled migration; Lack of freedom – cause of prohibition of anything, that`s so valuable to typical Europeans: Cultural losses – cause of hegemony of[Read More…]
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