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The treatment of their Christian subjects by the Ottoman emperors—at least for two centuries after their conquest of Greece—exhibits a toleration such as was at that time quite unknown in the rest of Europe. The Calvinists of Hungary and Transylvania, and the Unitarians of the latter country, long preferred to submit to the Turks rather …
May God Extend the Muslim Empire for Ever & Ever | Patriarch of Antioch Read More »
Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin (1766 – 1826) was a Russian writer, poet, historian and critic. He is best remembered for his History of the Russian State, a 12-volume national history. This Russian annalist while speaking of the fall of Constantinople, brings out the indictment against the government. “Without the fear of the law an empire is …
Muslims Ended the Injustice of Byzantine Empire | Historian Karamzin Read More »
Michael the Elder, Jacobite Patriarch of Antioch, writing in the latter half of the 12th century, could approve the decision of his co-religionists and see the finger of God in the Arab conquests even after the Eastern churches had had experience of five centuries of Muhammadan rule. After recounting the persecutions of Heraclius, he writes: …
Muslims Saved us From Wicked Roman Empire | Syrian Church Patriarch Read More »
There are many instances of men of endeavour, faith and learning that arose among Indian Muslims and have left an indelible mark on the ‘Sands of Time’. Indian Muslims have produced World-class leaders, legislators, debaters and orators. The fame of Indian thinkers and poets has traveled to Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey and their works have …
Nuzhat-ul-Khawatir | A Very Important Book for Indian Muslims Read More »
For the different nations and communities of the world to live together in peace, co-operation, affection, goodwill and in a state of peaceful co-existence; it is important that they not only obtain an adequate understanding of each other’s ideology, traditions, cultural heritage and the great things they have done in the past, but also learn …
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Coffee was discovered more than 1200 years ago by a Muslim named Khalid who used to graze his goats on the slopes of Ethiopia. Khalid observed that his goats became more lively and energetic after eating a particular kind of berry. Instead of just eating the berries in their raw form they were boiled to …
The political system of the Muslim kings is generally divided into two categories; first, that governed by the Shariah and secondly the policies guided by political exigencies. The first one i.e. Shariah, is the law ordained by God, such as, that regulating the five tenets of Islam and other virtuous deeds. The political policy, on …
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The Muslim sovereigns of India were chiefly Turks, Afghans or Mongols (Mughals) whose administrative policies were based partly on the Shariah and partly on their own customary usages. Similarly, in the case of their military organisation, most of them followed the decimal system of the division of armed forces introduced by Chingiz Khan. Officers were …
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The fiscal policy of the Muslim Rulers differed from monarch to monarch. Some of them levied only Ushr (A tenth of agricultural produce given by the Muslim cultivators to the State as land tax) and Khiraj (The land tax or tribute generally realised from the non-Muslim citizens of the Muslim State) in accordance with the …
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Muslims began erecting domed tombs and monuments over their graves, after the initial period of the rightly guided Caliphs and the Prophet’s companions was over, when they increasingly began to adopt the Iranian and Byzantine usages and customs. In the early period of Islamic era, and even in the pre-Islamic days, the Arabs did not …
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