The oppression of Hindus in Pakistan is as ugly as it is ignored on the world stage. Frequently, you’ll hear of India’s apparent mistreatment of Muslims reported in the media. Everyone, is of course, expected to sympathize with the Muslims and admonish India, regardless of the fact crimes a thousand times worse are being perpetuated …
In nearly any history book you will find in English, usually it is relentlessly impressed on the reader that people in all lands the Muslims ruled converted to Islam voluntarily. After the Arab conquests of Persia, Syria, Egypt, the Maghreb, large swathes of Central Asia under the Rashidun Caliphate, people slowly came to embrace Islam …
To say music is not permitted in Islam is an understatement. Even singing is completely forbidden and a spiritual crime. Qu’ran verses are interpreted in this manner: وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْتَرِي لَهْوَ الْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًا أُولَئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌ وَإِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا وَلَّى مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَنْ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهَا …
Jihad is translated in Arabic as ‘exertion’. What this translates to is the exertion of Islam to propagate itself whether through internal or external behaviors. It is a huge part of Islam in general: that Muslims must uphold their faith and wage war to spread Islam to the four corners of the Earth. For example, …
One of the most morbid realities we’ve had to contend with, as a movement of those who venerate the Pagan Gods, is the damage done to our past. Jews, Christians, Muslims, Communists, even Buddhists and movements smaller still like the Jainists have raised a heavy hand against us. What was lost, in say, the ultimate …
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