Islam
“Mansa Musa and Islam in Africa: Crash Course World History #16”
Sunday, 02Jun2019 Filed in: studies
“The Dark Ages...How Dark Were They, Really?: Crash Course World History #14”
Saturday, 18May2019 Filed in: studies
“The future is not laid out on a track. It is something that we can decide, and to the extent that we do not violate any known laws of the universe, we can probably make it work the way that we want to.”
“Islam, the Quran, and the Five Pillars All Without a Flamewar: Crash Course World History #13”
Saturday, 11May2019 Filed in: studies
“In which John Green teaches you the history of Islam, including the revelation of the Qu'ran to Muhammad, the five pillars of Islam, how the Islamic empire got its start, the Rightly Guided Caliphs, and more. Learn about hadiths, Abu Bakr, and whether the Umma has anything to do with Uma Thurman (spoiler alert: it doesn't). Also, learn a little about the split between Sunni and Shia Muslims, and how to tell if this year's Ramadan is going to be difficult for your Muslim friends. Let's try to keep the flame wars out of this reasoned discussion.”
Read More...If monotheism was all that amazing…
Sunday, 14Apr2019 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
“Gods of Arabs before Islam”
Friday, 22Feb2019 Filed in: studies
❝We don't have a perfect solution. But we don't need one. We just have to make today better than yesterday.❞
“The Apocalyspe: Crash Course World Mythology #23”
Saturday, 21Jul2018 Filed in: studies
“Mike Rugnetta is going to tell you stories of death, destruction, divine judgment, damnation, and the occasional happy ending. That's right, this week we're talking about the Apocalypse. Actually we're talking about a bunch of ways the world could end. Prepare for stories of the end times from Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam! It's the (mostly) Abrahamic Apocalypses on Crash Course World Mythology.”
Read More...Depreciated polytheism
Friday, 11Nov2016 Filed in: quotes & thinkums
“Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have all depreciated polytheism as intrinsically inferior - primitive, crude, lost. But much of the profundity of Paganism lies in its deep appreciation for the complexity and richness of life, its embrace of the world that surrounds us, that indeed is us.”— Frank Donnola from “Reconciling One and Many,” Gnosis № 28, Spring 1993
