Posted on 06/07/2009 4:20:14 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
In his speech to the Muslim world in Cairo, President Barack Obama claimed: “As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam. It was Islam — at places like Al-Azhar University — that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe’s Renaissance and Enlightenment. It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing.”
Obama is not much of a “student of history” if he believes this. Almost every advance he attributes to the Muslims was due to someone else.
The non-Muslim Chinese invented the magnetic compass and printing (Gutenberg invented not printing, but movable type). The non-Muslim Hindu Indians invented algebra and the decimal numbering system. The non-Muslim European Christians invented the university.
I can’t address advances in medicine, but I have studied the history of astronomy and physics. The Muslims contributed nothing.
All modern physics descends from Galileo (1564 -1642); all modern astronomy from Copernicus (1473-1543). If you study Galileo’s works carefully, as I have, you see that he started with the achievements of the Greek mathematical physicist Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 BC - c. 212 BC). If you study Copernicus’ works carefully, as I have, you will see that Copernicus’ great book On the Revolutions is essentially a heliocentric re-working of the geocentric astronomy textbook by the Greek Ptolemy (c. 90 AD - 168 AD). Copernicus mostly used even Ptolemy’s data for the positions of the planets.
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Government education.
typical dem/obama tactic, rewrite history because the MSM won’t bother to fact check.
Those who knew Obama in his university days claim that he couldn’t be persuaded to study history.It appears the reason might have to do with the fact that western historical accounts differ from the historical mythology of the muslim world.
Well, to be fair, muslims did perfect the use of the bare left hand as a replacement for toilet paper.
Does any of this surpise anyone? He has built a career on lies and distortions, and look how far it has carried him.
pray for our nation
and we all know Muslims changed commercial air travel as we know it. It’s why I’m up at 4:30 for a 7:30 flight.
Islam is all about lying and O is the perfect student.
Willing to suspend disbelief to promote the agenda.
If this is Progress you can leave me in the past.
0bama has his own view of history. He ‘interprets’ history, with empathy, obviously.
This man is dangerous to the future of the nation. He is destroying nearly 250 years of freedom and promise in his insane, headlong rush to marxism.
It’s time to take back the country.
Great post.
Obama’s view of “history” is right out of the liberal guidebook. It doesn’t have to be factual, it’s the intent that matters. If it denigrates Western Civilization or marginalizes white Western European contributions then it must be true. These lies have been told in universities for so many years that they have evolved into “truths”.
In all 57 states.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. 1 John 4:1-3
“It was innovation in Muslim communities that developed the order of algebra; our magnetic compass and tools of navigation; our mastery of pens and printing.” “
He didn’t say muslims invented these things - think Bill Clinton speak
“it was his wife who convinced him that they were divinely inspired and that Muhammad was a true prophet.”
Translation: she told him to get his crazed butt off the prayer rug and go find a job.
Exactly. That's the liberal "study" of history in a nutshell - the manipulation of images to promote their program.
My particular favorite was when Bambi praised Muslim contributions in music and art. He’s such a dim bulb that he doesn’t realize that music is not permitted in Islamic religious practice (and in fact, some of the truly hard-core don’t feel it’s permissible anywhere) and that Islam forbids figurative art.
That would tend to explain the burka.
In the interest of historical accuracy, your statement is not quite true: many of the (mostly unpronounceable) names of major constellation stars are Arabic...
Not my statement. I merely posted the article.
Hey, he was a Poli Sci major. History and Economics weren't on his "required" curriculum. Besides, they might require some serious work, and he surely could not be bothered with that. After all, he had autobiographies to write!
Muslims have made great strides in medicine such as:
The precise number of strokes using a dull blade to whack off a head of an infidel
They proved it is medically impossible to cross breed with goats
They proved you can intermarry within your gene pool for six centuries and still have something that resembles a human being, though mentally deficient.
Your penis does in fact not disappear when you shake the hand of a infidel or use his comb
These and other great strides in civilization brought to you by Mo' and his merry band of madman.
What “history” Zero learned must have been some conflation of Afro and Muslim centric teaching learned at the knee of Rev Wright and others.
Muhammad was a fracking scizophrenic.
Government re-education.
When in doubt, lie; its the obozo way. He only cares about how he looks when he says these things and becoming a dictator.
Pray for America and the Truth
“As a student of history, I also know civilization’s debt to Islam”
Imagine if the reps from GB,France, and the US said that, “we owe the freedom of France and the world to Christianity.”
The double standard is amazing.
Islam is a fake religion with a murderous pagan as a prophet. I don’t even understand how a pillager like Muhammad can even be thought of as a person who is the basis of a religion.
And how to hit tall buildings with a commercial Jet Airplane.
He said something in his speech about Islam not having a history of racism.
Something to consider: between 9 and 12 million Africans were taken to Brazil, the Caribbean and the United States in the Atlantic slave trade. All those places have thriving black communities.
Between 11 and 17 million Africans were taken in the Islamic slave trade. Where are those thriving black communities? Something to make you go hmmmm.
The slave trade in East Africa was ended by the British inspired by David Livingston. It had been controlled by Arabs in places like, well, um, Kenya.
Obama is more likely a descendant of these slavers than a descendant of their victims.
That's my take on him. Too much time caterwalling "the most beautiful sound in the world".
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I wondered why this showed up in the astronomy keyword:All modern physics descends from Galileo (1564 -1642); all modern astronomy from Copernicus (1473-1543). If you study Galileo's works carefully, as I have, you see that he started with the achievements of the Greek mathematical physicist Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 BC - c. 212 BC). If you study Copernicus' works carefully, as I have, you will see that Copernicus' great book On the Revolutions is essentially a heliocentric re-working of the geocentric astronomy textbook by the Greek Ptolemy (c. 90 AD - 168 AD). Copernicus mostly used even Ptolemy's data for the positions of the planets.To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. |
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Islam is not racist?
Ask Obama where the Jews that lived in Saudi Arabia before Islam was invented went? Look up the history of the ‘Quraithah Jews’.
And why to this day, Jews are not allowed to enter Saudi Arabia and non-Muslims are not allowed to enter the city of Mecca?
That’s racism and Obama is too much of an idiot to notice or is a flat out liar.
In addition, did you notice how Obama called the Koran in his speech, ‘the Holy Koran’ while he has never called the Bible the ‘the Holy Bible’?
Good point.
Good point.
Cairo was definitely Obama's coming out party to his fellow muslims.
And why is it OK for Iran to build nuke plants, but not us?
Amazing.
He can’t open his mouth without attacking America.
Maybe the Library of Alexandria was filled with Comic Books and Porn Magazines?
It was in fact the Muslims that torched the Library of Alexandria.
They were good at naming things.
I have noticed that BO tells a lot of whoppers but is never called on them.
His lies are repeated and published and soon become the new history.
Sort of like if you tell a lie often enough it will eventually appear to be a truth . BHO has learned his leasons well.
leasons s/b lessons
And don’t forget... much of the knowledge we have came to us through the Byzantines....
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