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	Get this: Muslims actually contributed to science 800 years ago

willhelm

11-11-2009 9:30 AM

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willhelm says:

And don't you freakin forget it. Funny how they are Muslim scientist, not Arab scientists.

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11-11-2009 9:37 AM

willhelm

Oh, pity us of European descent. Weren't we just so stupid in our "baffled awe".

11-11-2009 11:01 AM

arifsali

wilhelm, I think you know better than this.

Besides, it doesn't make a difference if they're called Muslim scientists or Arab, the diversity among them is proven: there were Persians, Africans, Arabs ... some down right atheist scientists who have given a lot to the world of science, maths, astronomy, physics, medicine etc.

11-11-2009 11:03 AM

arifsali

and no [you] Europeans weren't stupid, you took the lead from them and evolved the sciences for what it is today. No one else can make such claims.

11-11-2009 11:44 AM

willhelm

I was being facetious. I think 85% of clippers know that. I suspect, though, that you are not.

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