Islam and Science Fiction

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal is a Banglasdeshi Sciene Fiction writer who has written Science Fiction stories in Bengali. His first SF story was Kopotronik Bhalobasha (Kopotronik Affair).

One of the earliest Muslim Science Fiction writers was a Bengali Muslim woman Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain. She wrote an I feminist Science Fiction short Sultana’s Dream. The short story dealt with role reversal between men and women and gender equality in Islam.