[karachi-Friends] Karen Armstrong's book - A short history of Islam

 Dear Brothers & Sisters,

        Karen Armstrong is a miraculous lady as far as writing books is 

concerned. In a short period of time she has written many books as

if she is an institution all by herself. She writes well, is fair, well at least

she pretends to be and keep churning out books one after another. I

only wish we had one such writer. But as Iqbal has put it:

                                Har koi gharqe maey zauqe tan aasani hai !

                                Tum musalman ho Yeh andaze Musalmani hai?

                                ( Everyone is immersed in the wine of easy life

                                   Are you a Muslim, Are Muslims  like this?)

       Her book  " A short history of Islam " seems to defend Islam. But attacks the basic fact that Muhammad (SAW) was a direct descendant of prophet  Abraham. As all Jewish writers boast, God Almighty chose only the Jews to bestow guidance to them and rest of mankind only have stolen their books. So she has given the impression that Muhammad SAW linked his relatively new belief system to  Abraham (A.S)  only to give it authenticity. Ms Armstrong willfully ignored the fact that in Arabia the genealogy is  memorized by all and sundry as sense of belonging is a great factor of social recognition.

       She has done the painstaking job of Islamic chronology. She has given due importance to  Syed Qutub, but paid little attention to Syed Maududi. She has mentioned Ayub Khan and Ziaul Haque as prime ministers. But has clearly identified the former as stalwart of secularism in Pakistan and the later as harbinger of Islamic Shariah.   

       At merely Rs  300, the book is a bargain and worth giving a look.

      http://javedurdu.wordpress.com/

                                                      Muhammad Javed Iqbal

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