Islam and Science Fiction

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Muhammed Zafar Iqbal

By Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad • Sep 17th, 2008 • Category: Bengali SF, Islam in SF Literature, SF by Muslims

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).


Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s Sultana’s Dream

By Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad • Sep 17th, 2008 • Category: Bengali SF, Islam in SF Literature, SF by Muslims

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.