by "John Johnson" <fairandbalanced999@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Sep 15, 2008 at 10:41 PM
"Justin Case" <Thinhthi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Christopher A. Lee" <calee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:43:08 -0400, "Justin Case"
>> <Thinhthi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"534@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
>>
>> 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.
> Islamic fundamentalism? One cannot be a Muslim unless one adheres to
what
> we consider Muslim fundamentalism. The Islamic religion demands
adherence
> to both good and bad qualities of human conduct.
Do you have any references for the above assertions?
