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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Islamic Mythology

There is a wikipedia page that treats a number of events (facts) from the Islamic teaching as myths. The title of the page is Islamic Mythology. I have never seen such an area of research or study.

The writeup states

Islamic mythology is the body of traditional narratives associated with Islam from a mythographical perspective. Many Muslims believe that these narratives are historical and sacred and contain profound truths. These traditional narratives include, but are not limited to, the stories contained in the Qur'an.

The introductory section is badly written.
If "myth", defined by folklorists, are stories both sacred and "believed as true", then the most clear-cut examples of Islamic mythology come from Islamic scripture.


The definition is very simple and seems to imply that everything sacred and the truth must be a myth. This is incorrect. We, Muslims, also believe in the existence of the Holy Prophet (and his family), sacred and truth, and not a myth.

And then you come across this

"Note also that the term "myth" may not encompass all stories in Islamic scripture, depending on how strictly one defines the word "myth". One's use of the word "myth" is largely a matter of one's academic discipline."

This is a completely made up area!

1 comment:

  1. wikipedia is a joke! anyone can write anything.. and zionists are extremely active... it's a shame so many people treat wikipedia as a source for information! any respectable academic would dismiss wikipedia as a source...

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