Christopher A. Lee wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:43:08 -0400, "Justin Case"
> <Thinhthi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> "534@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <rtte4353@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> news:g4eh3u$o09$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> The tiling in medieval Islamic architecture turns out to embody a
>>> mathematical insight that Westerners thought they had discovered
>>> only 30 years ago.
>>>
>>> http://www.newsweek.com/id/36281
>> Medieval Arabic (not Islamic) architecture was indeed great.
>> Unfortunately, the rise of the Islamic religion is in direct
>> pro****tion to the decline of Arab culture and peoples. So much so
>> that today, Arab culture has advanced little since the year 1000.
>> The only Arab countries which have advanced are the ones embracing
>> Western thought.
>
> No. The rise in Islamic fundamentalism, not the Islamic religion per
> se which progressed and coexisted with science and engineering until
> the fundamentalists gained control round about the time Europe was
> starting to emerge from the Christian dark ages.
>
> Before that they had made great strides in science. Just look at all
> the al-words: alkali, alcohol (from al-kuhl which was an antiseptic
> powder that gave its name to alcohol via "the alcohol of wine" which
> was also a simple antiseptic), Algol, Aldebaran and other stars.
>
> Algebra - while this has Babylonian origins the word is Arabic,
> showing that they knew it when the Christian world didn't..
Algore - Should be president. Invented the internet. Best dancer in
Tennessee.
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