[jjotto]

No Muslims were involved in a positive way in the founding of the United States. And the surrent practice of claiming Islam was common among slaves is simply a modern revisionist lie. There were a few, true, but they were almost celebrities by their oddity.

[antidisestablishment]

No Muslims were involved in any positive way in any endeavor throughout their entire history. I had the chance to visit the lovely Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar.

It's an amazing building:

Notice anything? This is the premier showcase of Islamic Art housing exhibits gathered over centuries. In other words, it's empty.

After spending interminable hours clambering around the maze of stairs, you can see dozens of poorly illuminated scraps of their book, some painted tiles and the only Islamic "invention" -- the astrolabe--stolen from the Greeks, but honestly improved over centuries.

Notice the resemblance to our Smithsonian? Neither did I...