For those interested in an academic look at the representation of Muslims in Comics here is a relevant article. Finding a Place for a Muslimah Heroine in the Post-9/11 Marvel Universe: New X-Men’s Dust Authors: Julie Davis & Robert Westerfelhaus Abstract: Soon after the attacks on the US on SeptemberContinue Reading
(Image Source: The Nano Byte) There is a common misconception, even among certain segments of the Muslim population, that Islamic law is ossified and for some strange reason Muslims have stopped thinking about challenges of the modern world. This is of course not true and like any other living traditionContinue Reading
With Star Wars back in the news, there are bound to be comparison with who the good guys and the bad guys in the Star Wars universe and how they map to the real world. Mustafa Chamli has an excellent take and rebuttal on Star Wars and comparisons being madeContinue Reading
Jinns are intelligent beings in Islamic belief system which have free will just like human beings. Unlike humans however they are made of smokeless fire. Jinns are also supposed to have different religions just like humans e.g., Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism etc and even Atheism. Jinns are supposed to liveContinue Reading
Here is Islam and Science Fiction’s interview with Razwan-ul-Haq who is a British Muslim artist and whom we had profiled last month. 1. What inspired you to become an artist? Razwan: That’s a question as I get asked a lot. When growing up I never really thought of myself asContinue Reading
While it strictly does not fall under Islam and Sci-fi but Eric Wilkerson recently did an art piece for the September 2013 issue of “Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show” showing a priest evangelizing to an alien. Since Islam is also an evangelizing religion this art piece seemed relevant andContinue Reading
Wells’ story story is set on a planet inhabited by descents of Muslim colonists. The society is reflective of some of the stereotypes that many people have about Islamic societies and the story is set up as conflict between religion and science. The society on Dray’s planet forbids contact withContinue Reading
Pamela Sargent The Venus Trilogy is sometimes compared to Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars Trilogy. Just like the Mars Trilogy the Venus Trilogy also spans many centuries and has the terraforming of that planet as the main theme of the book. In a manner similar to Robinson’s trilogy there are alsoContinue Reading
The Book of Madness is a collection of short stories by Levent Şenyürek. Most of the stories have a grand premise ranging from the Soviets making contact with the aliens at the 1908 Tugunska event to machines that can make everything including universes. The collection also includes a self-referential storyContinue Reading
The Religious War is a sequel to Scott Adams’ God’s Debris. Scott Adams is the well known creator of the excellent comic strop Dilbert. It is set in the near future where the smartest man in the world tries to stop a war between Christians and Muslims. Here are someContinue Reading