Literature produced between 1200 and 1800 includes poeticgenressuch asmangal-kavya(mangalmeaning “auspicious,”kavyameaning “poems”), texts by writers of theVaishnavamovement, and Islamic works. The modern Bengalialphabetis believed to have developed during the early part of this period.Mangal-kavya...
Hedayat was the central figure in Tehrān intellectual circles and belonged to the antimonarchical, anti-Islamic literary group known as the Four (which also includedBuzurg ʿAlavī). He began to develop a strong interest in Iranian folklore and publishedOsāneh(1931), a collection of popular ...
Islamic-era Minarets Basically, a minaret is a slender tower built at the side of a mosque from which the call to prayer is given for Muslims. The tall structures built on roadsides or near caravansaries, schools, or other gathering places were originally watch-towers that also provided lighti...
The abillity to justify this Islamic terror shows that the lesson from 9/11 wasn't taught well enough to young Americans, that can't see how Islamic fundamentalists are using their "tolerance" to destroy any Western core value. Thank you for your words, Scott 美国的年轻自由主义者被"去殖民...