SUNNI BOOKS OF HADITH MORE AUTHENTIC THAN SHIA BOOKS OF HADITH?In the personal library of every Islamic scholar and academic (from any school of thought), all the books of Hadith exist. It is not that

orders and prohibitions came into existence. The learning of Arabic grammar, syntax and etymology, Islamic theology and traditions, as well as Quranic studies, were all aimed at helping us to understand the

Due to the paucity of reliable documentation, all the previous religious scriptures, except that of Islam,

has termed ‘imperial absolutism,’ became a permanent obstacle to all progress. It was only when Islam broke the power of these ancient empires that it became possible to unlock the doors to human progress

civilization before the advent of Christ—Persia, China, India and Greece. After the advent of the Prophet of Islam, the Abbasid Caliph, Al-Mansoor, built Baghdad in 762. He invited religious scholars and intellectuals

enveloped in the murk of the Dark Ages, the light of civilization shone brightly throughout the world of Islam. As Bertrand Russell puts it in his History of Western

at all.50 The Encyclopaedia Britannica (1984) says that libraries formed essential features of Islamic society. There were many institutions which possessed more than one lakh books. Most of the classical

superstitious beliefs based on idol worship; these beliefs were swept away for the first time in history by Islam. LINGUISTICS On account of superstitious beliefs becoming attached to language, linguistics, as

extraordinary greatness. Now a king was just a human being like any other. The influence of the Islamic revolution, which ultimately reached Asia, Africa and many European countries, paved the way for

Muslims all over the world. It is as a result of this mentality that, if anyone writes a book against Islam, Muslims are prepared to kill the writer. If any procession raises anti-Muslim slogans, Muslims start