Does change in religion automatically lead to change in Culture?

[Jolie]

Re: Does change in religion automatically lead to change in Culture?

@muqawwee123

There are historians who believe that Arab Iran tussle lies in this conflict of cultures. Till Omayyad period, Arab culture dominated the Muslim territories and in Abbasid period, Persian culture dominated the scene even the customs followed in khalifa’s darbar were of Persian origin.

The whole Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire was also based on typical distorted notion of Arab cultural and racial supremacy over non-Arabs, only for them to be slapped hard by years of Western imperialism that they still haven’t recovered from.

There was a time when Islamic culture was defined by it’s advancement in science, innovation, human knowledge, arts, intellectual vigour, diplomacy, system laws and moral codes (all those things that Western cultures are now known for). But today, it is quite saddening to see Muslims in a constant state of dilemma about petty cultural customs and forever comparing different cultures on the basis of lifestyle and appearances.