Should Islam be given more credit...

[Minimalist]

You can have credit for the building when you also take credit for stoning adulterers.

[Anomalocaris]

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.

[Minimalist]

Perhaps she was a great lay?

[5thHorseman]

She swallowed Min, she swallowed.

[TaraJo]

Islam built it. That much is a fact. Why deny it?

[Napoléon]

Islam built it. That much is a fact. Why deny it?

Men built it.

Islam didn't do shit.

[TaraJo]

Islam built it. That much is a fact. Why deny it?

Men built it.

Islam didn't do shit.

True, but it was built by Muslims and for Muslims.

I don't think the religion is factually correct, but I also don't want to take away from the accomplishments of its followers. We have plenty we can criticize them over even if they did build the Taj Mahal.

[Napoléon]

True, but it was built by Muslims and for Muslims.

I thought it was built by some guys for his dead wife, hardly religious.

[Rayaan]

I thought it was built by some guys for his dead wife, hardly religious.

True.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taj_Mahal#O...nspiration

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Not everything is to do with religion.

Indeed, but the Taj Mahal is,on a level. The design reflects the Muslim view of paradise. On a personal level,more likely an expression of the massive ego and obsessive love of Shah Jihan for his dead wife Mumtaz Mahal. Plus of course a political statement of power,as is invariably the case with virtually all monumental architecture.

So my question is, should celebrities/visitors be told that it's a religious palace rather than a historical palace?

Gee,I don't know. Do you think it's possible it could be both?