[Antoninus]

Just for the record.....al Farabi, Avicenna

Both of those fellows appear to be Persians, not Arabs.

Now, if you're going to tell me that Persia had a great heritage of science and philosophy, then let's talk. But it goes WAY back beyond the Muslim conquest.

[ohioWfan]

Yes, they were Persian, but the center of study was Baghdad.

They are studied by scholars as 'Arabic' and 'Islamic' philosophers.

Now if you are going to start to argue that God created Arabs with lesser intellects than other races, we're going to have a serious problem here....

[ohioWfan]

btw, look up al Kindi