(September 8, 2012 at 9:58 am)Sami_23 Wrote: Alright, so we all know the Taj Mahal was built by Muslims. It looks like a mosque, has a minaret, has the word 'Allah' at the top of it, has Quranic verses in literally every room inside. Not to mention there are mosques near it indicating a religious importance.
Of course, nowadays it's treated as a historical monument rather than a religious one. People have tried to take credit away from the Muslims by saying Hindus were the one who made it and also claiming it's a Hindu temple. These have been proven to be a hoax, thankfully.
In my opinion, it should be known as an Islamic architecture. Even Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom agree to that in their book 'The Art and Architecture of Islam (1994)'. There are more authors who agree to the fact that it should be known as an Islamic architecture.
So my question is, should celebrities/visitors be told that it's a religious palace rather than a historical palace? There is much more to the Taj Mahal than a man building it for his wife. It's a religious palace (infleunced by Islam) IMO.
It doesn't say much for your religion to even want the credit for the ediface that took so much wealth away from the feeding of the starving populace of the mogul empire just to satisfy the whim of one besotted second rate ruler in honor of a wife that accomplished nothing of note.
