It is about time that Muslims think seriously about entering the arena of video games to counteract the destructive influence of western video games.
QURAISH, is 3D real time strategy game about the origin of Islam. The concept of this game is build upon characters whom are eye witness to this new bloom, a Byzantine officer, a Persian monk and an old tribe chief, and each character will say his point of view about this new phenomena called Islam.
Set to be released in September, Quraish tells the story of the first 100 years of Islam’s history from the viewpoint of four different nations — Bedouins, Arabs, Persians, and Romans.
“Al-Quraysh is going to help people in the West better understand the people who are living in the East,” says Radwan Kasmiya, an avid gamer and the executive manager of Afkar Media. “We want to show that this civilization was a sort of practical and almost heavenly civilization.” The game also holds lessons for Muslims, says Mr. Kasmiya.
“I get very embarrassed by the way we are showing our civilization,” says Kasmiya. “There were rational laws that were governing Muslims at that time. This allowed this civilization to last for a long time and to accept the other civilizations that they came in touch with. It was not a conservative or sectarian civilization. But people have stopped taking the ideas behind the laws, and are taking the laws themselves. They do not understand the essence of the laws.” Read more… »
