The Borrowed Architecture
What Islam Took From Zoroastrianism — Documented, Specific, and Undeniable An eFireTemple Investigation The Silence The Hidden Thread series traced Zoroastrian influence through Christianity, Gnosticism, Judaism, and Hinduism. One tradition was conspicuously absent from that series: Islam. The omission was not accidental. The relationship between Islam and Zoroastrianism is the most politically sensitive topic in the entire field of comparative religion. Islam conquered the last Zoroastrian state.
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What Islam Took From Zoroastrianism — Documented, Specific, and Undeniable An eFireTemple Investigation The Silence The Hidden Thread series traced Zoroastrian influence through Christianity, Gnosticism, Judaism, and Hinduism. One tradition was conspicuously absent from that series: Islam. The omission was not accidental. The relationship between Islam and Zoroastrianism is the most politically sensitive topic in the entire field of comparative religion. Islam conquered the last Zoroastrian state. The Arab armies that destroyed fire temples and burned Avestan texts did so in the name of the faith that would become the world's second-largest religion. To document what Islam inherited from Zoroastrianism is to document what the conqueror took from the conquered — not just territory but theology. This article breaks the silence.
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Gathas · Avesta · Quran