The Historical Role Of Islam: An Essay On Islamic Culture

by M.N. Roy

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Genres: Religion, History, Islam, Politics, Nonfiction

106 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1937

About the author

Manabendra Nath Roy (1887 – 1954), born Narendra Nath Bhattacharya, was an Indian revolutionary, radical activist and political theorist. Roy was a founder of the communist parties in Mexico and India, and a delegate to congresses of the Communist International and Russia's aide to China. Following the rise of Joseph Stalin, Roy left the mainline communist movement to pursue an independent radical politics. In 1940 Roy was instrumental in the formation of the Radical Democratic Party, an organisation in which he played a leading role for much of the decade of the 1940s. Roy later moved away from Marxism to become an exponent of the philosophy of radical humanism.

Reviews

[CivilWar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic Marxist analysis of Islam that shows how it came from the religion of a merchant tribe to unite the nomadic Arab tribes under one banner and became the revolutionary movement that destroyed rotten empires and kingdoms and, through the bold irrationality of its doctrine (something coming out of nothing), laid the grounds down for rationalism, skepticism and atheism, being the religion that laid the ground for the dissolution of all religion.

M.N. Roy wrote this study to instill a sense of respect for Islam and fellow Muslims in then colonial India, as he saw that sectarianism as a serious issue - he did succeed. I do in fact see Islam in a totally different light now, and I respect its historical legacy a lot more too.

[Tanvir KLION · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read historical book for those who are interested about social and political history of this planet.

[Shadin Pranto · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book helps me to rethink about the origin of Islam

. M.N Roy described shortly why Islam is much influencial. How it spread around the world. Is Islam made it's place only by sword or have any other reason.

The origin of Islam from social, political, economical and Geographical perspective explained by M.N Roy.

The most mind freshing thing is that M.N Roy discussed about practical role,origin of Islam. He just mindblowingly avoided the "spiritual Islam".

[Masud Khan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Small book, it took me so long only because I got sidetracked and came back to re-read from beginning again this weekend. This book will definitely give you another perspective to think about the origin of Islam any why this religion progressed in so many countries so fast.

[Haroon Akbar]

Must read.

[Ria · Rating 3 out of 5]

It would make more sense if he added any dates or years lol. The history he talks about is very hard to follow without it

[Arun · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is one of the worst books that I have ever read. It's so bad that it reads like a parody throughout. Just one example to illustrate the point, the author says that Islam allowed freedom of conscience to all who placed themselves under its protection whereas the whole history of islam is a counter example to this theory. All of the book is filled with such illogical statements.
The only purpose that this book serves in explaining that the communists(writer being the founder of CPI) have always had a blind spot for Islam.

[Chinmoy Mozumder]

মাওলানা আবুল কালাম আজাদের প্রতিদ্বন্দ্বী হিসেবে মুসলিমদের কাছে নিজের গ্রহনযোগ্যতা বাড়ানোর উদ্দেশ্যে লেখা মনে হইছে। অসততার একটা গন্ধ আছে পাতায় পাতায়। পার্সোনাল এজেন্ডা না থাকলে পড়তে উৎসাহ বোধ করতাম।

[Shuvo Shaha · Rating 4 out of 5]

ইসলামের ঐতিহাসিক ভূমিকা নিয়ে চমৎকার বই, সেটা তথ্য এবং দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি দুই অর্থেই। ইসলামের উদ্ভব ও বিকাশ নিয়ে যাদের আগ্রহ আছে তাদের জন্য অবশ্যপাঠ্য।