Knowledge is Haram
After a debate, a contentious topic remained unresolved, the question of whether knowledge in Islam is "haram", forbidden. <br />I analyse the claim and show that knowledge regarding nature and natural events is, indeed, "haram", forbidden, or at least discouraged. <br /> <br /> <br />Sources: <br /> <br />Debate Islam or Atheism which makes more sense <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxoCjZ1TvUI <br /> <br />star, a planet and a moon <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FaNg_nxqns <br /> <br />Epistemology <br />http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/ <br /> <br /> <br />h-r-m <br />http://corpus.quran.com/qurandictionary.jsp?q=Hrm <br /> <br />Al-Masjid al-Haram <br />http://mypercept.co.uk/articles/meaning-masjid-al-haram-Quran.html <br />http://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/islamabad-freelance-columnist-800-million-muslims-out-of-1-4-billion-are-illiterate/ <br />http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/af.html <br />http://www.worldliteracyfoundation.org/snapshot-of-illiteracy-in-pakistan/\ <br />http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_251_300/status_of_muslim_societies_aroun.htm <br />http://www.icssr.org/Hardwar.pdf <br />http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13349398 <br />http://iosminaret.org/vol-3/issue14/women_university.php <br />http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2013-09-08&nid=64385 <br /> <br />Background audio: <br />Stars <br /> <br />Copyright and Fair Use <br />http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#107 <br /> <br />Creative Commons attribution non-commercial no derivatives license (CC BY-NC-ND)