Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

[S.O.S]

Nomads,

 

I'm not sure about the general appreciative level nomads around here would cherish towards Germanic literature, but let me say one thing to help you appreciate this topic: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe is Germanic literature. This man's work has been many a times in history raison d'etre in pursuance of learning German. So much so that wikipedia doesn't do him much justice in many ways (try finding there anything relating to the below).

 

When Allah grants someone beautiful mind, it's for the purpose of recognizing Allah in the miraculous beauty of His creation. This man explored beauty throughout his life in many directions and by various means, but nomads, Allah in His mercy guides whomsoever He pleases. The full lecture is to be found in Die Wahre Religion by going to Alle Videos tab, then clicking on Alle Videos von A bis Z and scrolling down till you get to "War Goethe ein Muslim?" or by typing Goethe at the bottom where it says suche.

 

My apologies for the non-German speakers, but the best I could do in English is this article.

 

All the achievements in the world are meaningless if you die heedless.

[Nur]

SOS brother

 

Intersting! " Wa maa yaclamu junuuda Rabbik illa huwa"

 

 

By the way, since you are Deutsch speaker, can you tells us if Mozart was also a Muslim?

 

His first name was Ahmed ( Amedeus)!

 

 

Nur

[S.O.S]

Nur,

 

I used to live in Germany long time ago and every time my brother and I went with our mother anywhere, there was never an occasion where at least one or more policemen failed to appear out of the blue exclaiming "Ausweis bitte!" Not the best of memories.

 

With regards to Mozart, personally I wouldn't know, but I'll keep my eyes and ears open for future reference if I stumble on relevant information concerning the exact nature of his name changes just before his death.

 

For proper contextual perspective though, the two to three centuries span preceding the 19th century there was a feverish hysteria surrounding anything tht was remotely associated with Islam or Muslims; feverish that is in either hatred or curiosity bordering interest. In fact, considering the nature of deamonisation by the use of pamphlets propagating the same seeds of hostilities towards Islam and Muslims as is the case in modern day, we would feel right at home. For some reason or other, these feverish imaginations in public minds died once Muslims stopped knocking the gates of Vienna, only to be confined in dark secret places outside the periphery of mainstream academia.

 

It would not surprise me if Mozart was one of the many (presumably thousands) whose imaginations transposed into accepting Islam, be it in secret or openly after immigrating to south-eastern regions. History records that many of them were probably massacred during the sacking of Buda. For those not yet familiar with history of ottoman wars in Europe, it is in effect the 'Buda' part of present day Budapest and was ruled at the time by a Swiss convert to Islam when it fell to the crusading armies of the (un)Holy League. Historians compare the bloodshed that took place to scenes reminiscent of the Jerusalem massacres by their bloodthirsty crusader predecessors.