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THE HISTORICAL
ROLE OF ISLAM
The phenomenal success of Islam was
primarily due to its revolutionary sis?ii]lc-
M. N. ROY.
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BY
M. N. ROY
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THE "AKKAKD BHARAT* MUDKANALAYA. F0BTOMfcAY,
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CONTENTS.
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THE HISTORICAL EOLE OF ISLAM
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THE HISTORICAL HOLS OF ISLAM
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CHAPTER FOUR.
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The
principle of equality, preached by
the followers of Mohammad, originated in
the traditional freedom of the nomadic life
of the Arabic tribes. They had all shown
equal valour in the national profession of
robbery. When that modest call of the
olden times assumed the majestic proportion
of conquest, the individual Arab did not
forget that his horse could speed as fast and
his scimitar was as sharp as those of any.
He had taken an equal share in defending
his desert home against the conquering arm-
and Cyrus, Alexander and
ies of Sesostris
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CHAPTER FIVE.
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ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY.
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bemown in
s^ch^a jnariner that n^doubt
all error and
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outlined. He
lived at the turning point of
the history of the Islamic culture. By the
twelfth century, the pinacle had been reach-
ed, and the forces of reaction had gathered
strength to overwhelm those of progress.
Islamic culture was already on the decline
The freedom of
thought permitted by
the simple faith of a nomadiic people, had
attained such soaring heights of boldness as
eventually clashed with the temporal inter-
ests of the "Commanders of the Faithful.''
When the positive outcome of Islamic
thought, developed so marvellously during
five hundred years, was summarised in the
highly revolutionary dictum of Averroes
that reason is the only source of truth, Sul-
tan Al Masur of Cordova, under the pressure
of the priests, issued an edict condemning
such heretical views to hell-fire, on the au-
thority of religion. The denunciation of the
noblest product of Islam naturally marked
the beginning of its degeneration from a
powerful lever of human progress to an in-
strument of reaction, intolerance, ignorance
and prejudice. Having played out its his-
toric role to rescue the precious patrimony
of ancient culture out of the engulfing ruins
of two Empires and the blinding darkness of
two religions Islam turned traitor to its
original self, and became the black banner
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law with regard to the Impure' classes/
{"Aryan Rule in India.")
This is certainly not a very compliment-
ary remark wrung from a firm believer in
the perfection of Brahmginical law. In anj
case, it is clear that in the time of Moham-
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*^ects
of Mohammadan conquest.
[ (in view of this realistic reading of his-
tory, Hindu superciliousness towards the
religion and culture of the Muslims is absurd.
It insults history and injures the political
future of our country. Learning from the
Muslims, Europe became the leader of
modern civilisation. Even to-day, her best
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