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The Fanatics' Hatred of Art

As we saw in the preceding section, fanat-
ics who recognize only their own dark and sin-

ister mindsets, rather than the Qur'an, as the
essence of the faith have invented thousands
of fabrications to keep women in particular
away from the Qur'an, worship, intellectual
struggle and preaching. The main reasons why

Islamic communities soon became corrupted
after the time of the Prophet (pbuh) is that
these communities turned away from the
Qur'an, and their defamation of women is a
manifestation of that. Due to that mistaken
way of thinking, Islamic communities became

backward; however, a second factor was
always involved in that retardation – the fanat-
ics' hatred of art.

Before describing the fanatics' hatred of
art, let us remind ourselves of the fact that con-
stitutes the basis of the fanatical mindset. In

one verse our Lord speaks of "... people who
make lawful things forbidden:"

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