Here are some interesting pictures of historical religious sites from the ancient Persian empires.These ancient sites (there are quite a few of them) are found in Iran (Persian Empire) as well as throughout Central Asia and going into the Caucasus (Samarkand, Bokhara, Chechnya (Vainakhs).
The first two pictures here show what is known as the Ka'ba Zartosht.
"The Ka'ba-ye Zartosht (alt: Kaba-ye Zardusht, Kaba-ye Zardosht, Persian: کعبه زرتشت), meaning the "Cube of Zoroaster," is a 5th century B.C.E. Achaemenid-era tower-like construction at Naqsh-e Rustam, an archaeological site just northwest of Persepolis, Iran. This enigmatic structure is one of many surviving examples of the achaemenid architectural design."
In Persian, Ka'ba meant a cube, from which the English word 'cube' is also derived.
The picture below here is the Tomb of Cyrus The Great, the Persian Emperor who was also a Zoroastrian.
Cyrus' Tomb has also become a sacred site where Zoroastrians still go to pray. Look at the pictures below. People praying at the Tomb of Cyrus The Great.
26 comments:
history is important.
Hagie Sophia was a church converted to a mosque in Turkey
Ermmmm...are you testing the water here...?? Giving a hint to tickle the thinkers.
tTo Rempahman, he sure is.
Hiak hiak hiak
uikkk.....apasal macham biasa tengok....hemmmm....just struggling to find a reasonable answer..how come an act of circummabulation of a stone structure will please god. How come a meteorite will be able to absorb human sin. How come everything must be in the form of stone. What happen if we change these stones to stainless steel or carbon fiber. Ehhh..unlike stones, carbon fiber cannot be from paradise. Hu hu hu..really tickling my mind
So kat dunia ni ramai keturunan Zoro la ye? Yang peliknya pompuan je yg pakai topeng, laki pakai topi tanpa brim.
The guy in green shirt cld be a muslim tourist. He performed zuhr / asar prayer and the monument happened to be at the same direction of the kiblat.
no need to think. so obvious. these people are praying to stone buildings. what do you call people who pray towards stones?
i think i can read something else between the lines.
Something that heavily discussed by members of my fb group that i joined.
History is important.
The very first bible written only after 200 years of jesus pbuh departure and they call it words of god?
these people are not muslims. you can see they are worshipping a stone building. muslims cannot worship stone buildings.
studenttua, what did they discuss in your fb group? can you share? thank you.
history is important.
Cathedral of Córdoba was a mosque converted to a church in Spain
some call the tomb , shrine..what one expect the shape of tomb look like?? all kind of shape!!
@ belang
bible is a collection of writings from the time of moses to roughly 300 years after jesus put together at the Council of Nicea No where it says the bible is the word of god. It is merely "inspired" by god.
Get your facts right. Didn't you watch Da Vinci Code? Or at least make google your friend
muslims are like ikea customers. they believe in ikea products, they revere ikea, they follow instructions that came with the ikea products, but they dont speak swedish, and they dont know how the ikea products were designed/manufactured.
Fatimah masumeh shrine in Iran,is the third holiest site for shia muslims
The Zoroastrians does not worship the stone cube!!!
It is only a focal point for them to pray.
hmmmm...sounds similar :)
Darth Trust,
At least twice a year I make pilgrimage to the Temple of Ikea at The Curve as well. When I am there I really feel close to the "gods" of Ikea. Every thing is just simply spic and span, organised and in perfect order. It is heaven on earth. However as much as I love Ikea I do not dress like their Store Manager, eat the same food as the General Manager nor mimic the personal toilet habits of Ikea's founder. I think that is not what Ikea wants to achieve. They just want to help us organise our lives better.
SAA
@belang
Same argument/doubt applies to the collection of hadiths we place our faith on.
Tuan
Macam ada makna tersirat, baik juga kalau entry berkaitan ni ditulis dalam bm, baru ramai ckit yg dapat maklumat.
Entry tuan ttg solat baru2 ni pun masih tegantung, tak sabar nak baca pandangan tuan seterusnya.
Hairan jugak dalam ruangan comment tak de comment dr pihak2 yg berotoriti, atau mereka menunggu masa yg sesuai.
May Allah bless u
Just to share this...
"Zoroastrianism is the oldest of the revealed world-religions, and it has probably had more influence on mankind, directly and indirectly, than any other single faith." - Mary Boyce.
Background: The religion was founded by Zarathushtra in Persia -- modern-day Iran. It may have been the world's first monotheistic faith. It was once the religion of the Persian empire, but has since been reduced in numbers to fewer than 200,000 today.
With the exception of religious conservatives, most religious historians believe the Jewish, Christian and Muslim beliefs concerning God and Satan, the soul, heaven and hell, the virgin birth of the savior, the slaughter of the innocents, resurrection, the final judgment, etc. were all derived from Zoroastrianism....
Zoroastrianism: An ancient
religion founded by Zarathushtra -
http://www.religioustolerance.org/zoroastr.htm
Zoroastian Places of Worship -
http://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism/temples/index.htm
Zoroastrianism is perhaps the world oldest continuing non-pantheistic religion.
The wedding ceremony is very rare to find - http://weddingsbyamie.blogspot.com/2005/09/dilshad-jamshid.html
You be the judge.
Cheers.
I am very sure, all of us do think above and beyond. We questioned (definitely, dalam otak aje la... ). who dares to say it out. Or put them to a blog like yours.
Anon 4:35:00 PM,
Ever been to a catholic mass/missal?
Tuan Syed,
May be you could check this out...
http://searchformecca.com/timeline.html
interesting time line..
I believe the initial start of the history on Muhammad S.A.W has some fishy things going on....
all to justify the existance of mecca and kaaba...
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