Hagia Sophia and the Return of Islam
This article discusses a watershed moment in world history: Hagia Sophia turning into a mosque again. This monument which was created as a church in 6th century in Christian Constantinople was converted into a mosque in 1453 after Constantinople lost to the Islamic armies of Sultan Mehmet II and Constantinople became Istanbul. But after the creation of Modern Turkey, this was turned into a secular institution, a museum, in order to show respect to history. Turning the wheel of time back to the fundamentalist sands of 7th century Arabia, Erodan, the Islamic fanatic President of Turkey makes this a mosque again.
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The Christian Destruction of Pagan Heritage
This account by Catherine Nixey tells us about the destruction of the pagan city of Palmyra in modern day Syria by fanatic Christians. It is an excerpt from the famous work 'The Darkening Age' by Catherine Nixey in which she tells how systematically, brutally and almost completely, Christianity destroyed the pagan temples, heritage and the very knowledge traditions.
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Prophetic Monotheism: The Longest Running Pandemic in History
While the world is reeling from the Corona Virus pandemic which is barely months old, we all are suffering from another virus, of an ideological kind, which has been spreading across the world for the past two thousand years continuously. It has been spreading death, destruction, violence and destroying peace all this time. It has infected a majority of humanity barring a few countries like India and China. This ideological virus is Prophetic Monotheism. Read Pankaj Saxena making this apt comparison in this article.
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