by "Justin Case" <Thinhthi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jul 1, 2008 at 09:57 PM
"534@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Justin Case" <Thinhthi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "534@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <rtte4353@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> 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.
>
> There was no Arab Math/Science before Islam. Preislamic Arabs wor****ped
> idols in a tribal culture and had nothing to do with learning. Islam
> changed all that.
> The rise of Islamic religion is in direct pro****tion to the rise of
Muslim
> people (Arab or otherwise).
> The first revelation that Muhammad (pbuh) recieved was
Islam was not the catalist for Arab math/science. Besides, Arabs drew
their
knowledge from Greek, Indian and Persian texts and subsequently the West
has
learned from the Arabs.
>
> Read in the name of your Lord Who created
> He created man from a clot.
> Read and your Lord is Most Honorable.
> Who taught (to write) with the pen.
> Taught man what he knew not.
>
> And this changed the course of human history.
