So, Israel today has attacked Iran and Iraq aswell.. Are we, as a muslim country, still going to keep our eyes closed? What makes our leaders think that they won't strike us in coming days if they are targeting every Muslim country? War is here!
Once in the city of Alexandria, Egypt, there lived a woman named Hypatia. Egypt was a relatively progressive society for it's time and she was the chief of the Library of Alexandria. In 385 AD, Theophilus, the Roman patriarch of Alexandria, ordered the purge of Egypt and the burning down of the library. Upon hearing this, Hypatia took her students and escorted as many books as humanly possible before the Roman mob finally broke into the library and raised it to the ground. In 415, the same Hypatia was riding her horse back from the market when a mob of Romans found her, dragged her down and ripped her apart alive. The burning of the library marks the end of any tolerance for knowledge, or rights of the people of Eastern Rome. The coming years weren't all that pleasant for the Egyptian society as under a more strict Roman rule, women were restricted from owning property and the existing rights of people were taken away. Tensions were also increasing with the Persians in a constant back and forth between the two Empires. This went on for about another century.
In 510 AD, in his own words to his wife Khadija, The Prophet received a revelation from angel Jibrael, telling him, "Read". Unkown to them yet, this word was the beginning of a revolution that would change the course of history forever. Just years later, Muslims from the humble origins of the Arabian peninsula took on two of the most powerful empires the world had ever seen, and both simultaneously. At one point, the millenia old rivals joined forces to finally crush this mysterious force of nature that was heavily outnumbered yet standing against them, but fate had other plans for humanity. The Muslim Caliphate ate Rome and Persia and then proceeded to bring social reforms and spiritual awakening among the people. It saw great advancements in science, technology, medicine, philosophy, social sciences and virtually every area of human knowledge and intellect. The House of Wisdom in Baghdad schooled countless philosophers, scientists and polymaths, men that shaped our civilization as we know it today. On social front, for the first time, women who were once sidelined by the former patriarchal society could not only inherit property, but were equal in every way, playing a significant role in uplifting the society. In Morocco, the first ever formal university was established by a woman named Fatima al Fihri, setting the standard for education as we see it today.
It's said that upon seeing the planet from space, one could see the region from Spain to Pakistan lit up by street lamps, a thousand years ago. This wasn't to stay, as even though the whole of Persia embraced this new way of living, the vengeance of the once glorious Rome was wailing, specially on it's western side. Vengeance that manifested itself in Crusades, Reconquistas, ethnic cleansing, genocides, racism, colonialism and practices like Apartheid. Vengeance that still persists in the notion of 'the enemy of the west'
In 510 AD, in his own words to his wife Khadija, The Prophet received a revelation from angel Jibrael, telling him, "Read". Unkown to them yet, this word was the beginning of a revolution that would change the course of history forever. Just years later, Muslims from the humble origins of the Arabian peninsula took on two of the most powerful empires the world had ever seen, and both simultaneously. At one point, the millenia old rivals joined forces to finally crush this mysterious force of nature that was heavily outnumbered yet standing against them, but fate had other plans for humanity. The Muslim Caliphate ate Rome and Persia and then proceeded to bring social reforms and spiritual awakening among the people. It saw great advancements in science, technology, medicine, philosophy, social sciences and virtually every area of human knowledge and intellect. The House of Wisdom in Baghdad schooled countless philosophers, scientists and polymaths, men that shaped our civilization as we know it today. On social front, for the first time, women who were once sidelined by the former patriarchal society could not only inherit property, but were equal in every way, playing a significant role in uplifting the society. In Morocco, the first ever formal university was established by a woman named Fatima al Fihri, setting the standard for education as we see it today.
It's said that upon seeing the planet from space, one could see the region from Spain to Pakistan lit up by street lamps, a thousand years ago. This wasn't to stay, as even though the whole of Persia embraced this new way of living, the vengeance of the once glorious Rome was wailing, specially on it's western side. Vengeance that manifested itself in Crusades, Reconquistas, ethnic cleansing, genocides, racism, colonialism and practices like Apartheid. Vengeance that still persists in the notion of 'the enemy of the west'