Great Islamic Civilisation through the Prism of Claim and Reality By Nastik Durrani, New Age Islam June 6, 2013 No talk other than that of the return of the Islamic civilisation in which the Muslims were at the peak of their honour, wealth and progress can generate a feeling of de ja vu among the Muslims. The sheikhs of political Islam and their sidekicks use this mantra to turn the simple and gullible Muslims into a batch of disciples and an army of terrorists and convince them that the reason behind the establishment of the great Islamic culture was that the Muslims of the ancient times followed the teachings of Islam and implemented the laws of Shariah. Thus people fall into their trap easily and act according to their absurd Fatwas in the hope that perhaps the old civilisation may return. Although the term Islamic civilisation is very cruel in itself, the civilisations do not create religions. No civilisation of the world left a religion for us. Have you ever heard of the Christian civilisation? Kuwait’s progressive critic and writer Dr Ahmad Baghdadi used to say that Muslims are the only nation in the world that link civilisation to religion. There is no doubt that the Arab nation has witnessed the age of progress which the sheikhs of today make it appear as Islamic civilisation. A vast area from India to China and Spain was under the rule of the Arab caliphate but the causes of the establishment of this civilisation have nothing to do with what these sheikhs of Islam claim. On the contrary, the claims they make were actually the reasons for its downfall. Civilisations are the achievements of man. They do not originate until the material and topical causes are availabl newageislam/islamic-history/nastik-durrani,-new-age-islam/great-islamic-civilisation-through-the-prism-of-claim-and-reality/d/11915
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