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ravichaudhary
November 23rd, 2014, 10:47 PM
Please only provide instances of positive influences.

No negative comments please.

rkumar
November 24th, 2014, 09:03 PM
1 Religious Impact:

Islam brought to India a conception of human equality, pride in one’s religion, a legal system which was in many ways an advance on the codes of the time Hindu rulers were influenced to work as the upholders of Hindu religion. Islam gave the message of universal brotherhood, introduced equality in society, rejected caste system and untouchability.

In due course, these ideas began to have a conscious or unconscious effect upon the philosophical Hindu mind and fostered the growth of liberal movements under religious reformers.

The presence of am paved the way for the growth of the Bhakti cult. The saints and reformers of fifteenth and sixteenth centuries like Kabira, Nanak and Srichaitanya preached fundamental equality of all religions. However, medieval Bhakti cult was in some ways a reply to the attack of Islam on Hinduism.
2. Impacts on Upper Class Hindu:

Rich Hindu classes were influenced by the Mohammedan dress, etiquette, recreation and other activities. The art of warfare was also influenced and developed as result of Islamic contact. Food of Muslims like Biryani, Kabab and Palan etc. were adopted by the Hindus.
3. Music:

Indian music and musical instruments were also influenced by Islam. Indian musical instruments were modified and new instruments were produced The Tab la was produced by modification of Hindu musical instrument, Mridanga. Indian Veena was combined with Iranian Tambura and Sitatar was produced.

A fusion of Hindu and Iranian systems of music led to the evolution of light songs like quwwalis. Different classical vocal music of India underwent radical changes as a result of the contact with Muslim singers.
4. Architecture:

Assimilation and synthesis between Hindu and Islamic culture led to evolution of new styles of architecture. According to Dr. Tarachand, “The craftsmanship, ornamental richness and general design remained largely Hindu, the arcaded form, plain doms, smooth-faced walls and spacious interiors were Muslim impositions.”In the field of architecture new styles started of which Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Qutab Minar, Taj Mahal etc. are the living examples.
5. Art and Craft:

New art and crafts were introduced in the country; for example, paper-making, enamellings, metals and jewels etc. Many workshops were setup-for gold and silver articles and embroidery. The Mughal rulers, except Aurangzeb, patronised architecture, fine art and paintings. Under Jahangir painting received considerable fillip.
6. Language and Literature:

Hindu-Muslim contact led to linguistic synthesis. Urdu is the outcome of a mixture of Persian, Arabic and Turkish words and of ideas with the concepts and languages of Sanskrit origin. The Urdu became language of the people. The Hindi language was also influenced by Muslim contact. This is distinct in vocabulary, grammar, similes and styles. Literature in India was influenced by the Turko-Afghans to a large extent. Books like Hassan Nizami’s Taj-ul-Moa’ Sir, Qazi Minhaz-us-Siraj’s Tabakat-i-Nasiri etc. influenced the Hindus. Many good works were composed and written in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi etc. Many Arabized Persian language words found their way into the local languages.

Long association brought the two distinct groups of the Hindus and Muslims closer and closer with the result that the evolution of the Hindu culture was coloured with the Islamic thing. But the Hindu culture in its own turn influenced the Islamic elements. It is a fact that the Hindus and the Muslims have contributed to the evolution of common cultural heritage in India.

RK^2

Romar
November 25th, 2014, 12:14 PM
Please only provide instances of positive influences.

No negative comments please.
Aap Hinduon pe kya acha kiya gaya uske baare me puuch rahe hain. Kya in akrantaon ke saath acha hua veh bhi likha ja sakta hai kya?

Udharanaarth chungej khan ke log tambu gaad kar khule maidaan mein sote thhe. Jab inki nasl ke log mughal khailane lage aur bharat pe aakraman kiya tab yahan ki sabhyata se inhone bahut kuch seekha. Ache bhavan mahal aadi inhone isi desh mein aake samjhe. Jo bharat ki sanskriti thhi usse bhi inhone seekha jaise sangeet mein raag ityadi. Agar aap inka purana sangeet utha kar dekhen to usme raag aadi aako nahin milenge. Lekin ittefaq aisa hai ki aaj kal ke padhe likhe bharat mein jo kuch bhi acha hai weh inhi mughlon ki den bata dete hain.

ravichaudhary
November 26th, 2014, 01:41 AM
Aap Hinduon pe kya acha kiya gaya uske baare me puuch rahe hain. Kya in akrantaon ke saath acha hua veh bhi likha ja sakta hai kya?

Udharanaarth chungej khan ke log tambu gaad kar khule maidaan mein sote thhe. Jab inki nasl ke log mughal khailane lage aur bharat pe aakraman kiya tab yahan ki sabhyata se inhone bahut kuch seekha. Ache bhavan mahal aadi inhone isi desh mein aake samjhe. Jo bharat ki sanskriti thhi usse bhi inhone seekha jaise sangeet mein raag ityadi. Agar aap inka purana sangeet utha kar dekhen to usme raag aadi aako nahin milenge. Lekin ittefaq aisa hai ki aaj kal ke padhe likhe bharat mein jo kuch bhi acha hai weh inhi mughlon ki den bata dete hain.


dEra Romar

We on this thread are looking for a " One Way Traffic" from Islam on Dharmic societies

Positive influence of Islam or the Dharmic Societies ( Vedic/Hindu/ Jain/Buddhist/ Sikh)

If you add the reverse , here, you are simply opening the door for those who wish to cloud the issues.

Keep it one way only on this thread

Ravi Chaudhary

DrRajpalSingh
March 22nd, 2015, 10:13 AM
Please only provide instances of positive influences.

No negative comments please.

Revival of Bhakti cult in Hinduism, which was a sort of Hindu religious and social reform, in about 8th Century AD is attributed by some historians to the impact of arrival of Islam in India. Simultaneously the Sufi Movements rise also contributed to bringing people of the two religions closer to one another. Both the cults [Bhakti and Sufi] had wider impact than religion as they led the rulers of the day to take wider look than the boundaries of religion in their statecraft and polity. Ultimately, composite culture of India emerged as a result of these cumulative effort of both the communities in India.

vishu1708
April 27th, 2015, 10:22 AM
Thats a very wrong approach you are taking over there.
No benifits comes out of stating whitewashed, biased half truths.
When you are trying to point about positive character of something, you must acknowledge the negative part as well.

vishu1708
April 27th, 2015, 11:46 AM
ALlow me to disagree
1 Religious Impact:

Islam brought to India a conception of human equality, pride in one’s religion, a legal system which was in many ways an advance on the codes of the time Hindu rulers were influenced to work as the upholders of Hindu religion. Islam gave the message of universal brotherhood, introduced equality in society, rejected caste system and untouchability.
Islam brought the Idea of religious fanaticism(not religious pride), muslims being important and kafirs as subhuman (not human equality) and a legal system desined to opress Indians.
Islam gave no idea of universal brotherhood(a debated issue since Prophet Mohommad considered arabs to be the best), unequality in nationality (converted hindus and blacks are lower than arabs), and embrased caste system and untouchability( it is still practiced among South asian muslims).


In due course, these ideas began to have a conscious or unconscious effect upon the philosophical Hindu mind and fostered the growth of liberal movements under religious reformers.
hinduism is and was a liberal religion in comparison to any abrahamic religion.

The presence of am paved the way for the growth of the Bhakti cult. The saints and reformers of fifteenth and sixteenth centuries like Kabira, Nanak and Srichaitanya preached fundamental equality of all religions. However, medieval Bhakti cult was in some ways a reply to the attack of Islam on Hinduism. you are somewhat correct. Sufism had big impact on hinduism, not Islam. The teachings of Sufism contradict the teachings of Islam

2. Impacts on Upper Class Hindu:

Rich Hindu classes were influenced by the Mohammedan dress, etiquette, recreation and other activities.
Please provide evidance

The art of warfare was also influenced and developed as result of Islamic contact. are you refering to beheading of all adult males(including shudras and vaishayas),Raping of women, enslaving of children and sending them to markets of Damascus, Bhagdad, Cairo and Coroboda(in spain)?

Food of Muslims like Biryani, Kabab and Palan etc. were adopted by the Hindus. so now we eat biryani, faluda, rogan josh, pulao, gulkand at the expense of 80 million hindu lives. Quiet a bargain.

3. Music:

Indian music and musical instruments were also influenced by Islam. Indian musical instruments were modified and new instruments were produced The Tab la was produced by modification of Hindu musical instrument, Mridanga. Indian Veena was combined with Iranian Tambura and Sitatar was produced.

A fusion of Hindu and Iranian systems of music led to the evolution of light songs like quwwalis. Different classical vocal music of India underwent radical changes as a result of the contact with Muslim singers.
An Iranian is not always equal to muslim. Iranians and Indians are in constant contact with each other since pre vedic times.


4. Architecture:

Assimilation and synthesis between Hindu and Islamic culture led to evolution of new styles of architecture. According to Dr. Tarachand, “The craftsmanship, ornamental richness and general design remained largely Hindu, the arcaded form, plain doms, smooth-faced walls and spacious interiors were Muslim impositions.”In the field of architecture new styles started of which Red Fort, Jama Masjid, Qutab Minar, Taj Mahal etc. are the living examples. lets compair what muslims built and what they destroyed-
A few forts here and there, lots of mosques built on temple foundation( read sita ram Goes's- hindu temples, what happened to them) and a taj mahal(which is debated since there is a trishul on its top).
On the other hand- they destroyed hundreds of thousands of small and large temples like kashi vishwanathan, Martand sun temple, somnath etc. Destroyed buddhist library at nalanda and many sanskrit universities around the world. Did you know that the 'Dhai din ka jhopda' in ajmer was a sanskrit college?

5. Art and Craft:

New art and crafts were introduced in the country; for example, paper-making, enamellings, metals and jewels etc. Many workshops were setup-for gold and silver articles and embroidery. The Mughal rulers, except Aurangzeb, patronised architecture, fine art and paintings. Under Jahangir painting received considerable fillip. you are taking about mughals. Not all muslim rulers were moguls.

6. Language and Literature:

Hindu-Muslim contact led to linguistic synthesis. Urdu is the outcome of a mixture of Persian, Arabic and Turkish words and of ideas with the concepts and languages of Sanskrit origin. The Urdu became language of the people. The Hindi language was also influenced by Muslim contact. This is distinct in vocabulary, grammar, similes and styles. Literature in India was influenced by the Turko-Afghans to a large extent. Books like Hassan Nizami’s Taj-ul-Moa’ Sir, Qazi Minhaz-us-Siraj’s Tabakat-i-Nasiri etc. influenced the Hindus. Many good works were composed and written in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati and Marathi etc. Many Arabized Persian language words found their way into the local languages.
how exactly did we benefit from it?

Long association brought the two distinct groups of the Hindus and Muslims closer and closer with the result that the evolution of the Hindu culture was coloured with the Islamic thing. But the Hindu culture in its own turn influenced the Islamic elements. It is a fact that the Hindus and the Muslims have contributed to the evolution of common cultural heritage in India.

RK^2
This is a myth circulated by Lefties.
Abrahamic religions have such basic design that they are not compaitable with each other. The arival of muslims in india is like putting pirahanas in a guppy only fish tank.

sampuran
July 9th, 2015, 11:37 PM
[QUOTE=vishu1708;378540]ALlow me to disagree
Islam brought the Idea of religious fanaticism(not religious pride), muslims being important and kafirs as subhuman (not human equality) and a legal system desined to opress Indians.
Islam gave no idea of universal brotherhood(a debated issue since Prophet Mohommad considered arabs to be the best), unequality in nationality (converted hindus and blacks are lower than arabs), and embrased caste system and untouchability( it is still practiced among South asian muslims).QUOTE]

Vishu1708ji,

You are absolutely right. How can an ideology designed to enslave even the soul of a person can do anything good to humanity, leave aside India ? One only needs to read the following books to know what it actually is

1 Islam - The Arab National movement by Anwar Sheikh

2 Islam Through Hadiths - Prof Ram Swarup

3 Rangeela Rasul - Hindi Pt Choomapati

Amazing how educated and intelligent people fail to see the obvious !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!