by "John Johnson" <fairandbalanced999@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sep 15, 2008 at 10:29 PM
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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.
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>> 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.
In your understanding, which are the cultures that have excelled,
not having profited from knowledge of earlier accomplishments
of other cultures?
>> 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.
