[Nachum]

Ah, a world full of Islamic scientists. I feel safer already.

[SubMareener]

IIRC, most of the famous Islamic scientists did their best work when they were in prison for contradicting their Islamic rulers.

[Michel12]

All they miss is a brain...

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

“When people speak of you they speak of your POETS and Scientists!
Make warriors of your poets! Have your scientists invent newer poisons for our arrows!”.—Ben Usiff.(El Cid)

[Nat Turner]

Islamic Scientists = Jumbo Shrimp = Public Education = Good Government = Oxymoron

[mountainlion]

How come liberals have so little to contribute to science outside of abortion, global warming and economics?

[LearsFool]

This is satire, right?

[reagan_fanatic]

Given the muslim’s natural desire to kill anyone they don’t like by whatever technical means available, I’d be happy if they remained mired in the 6th century.

[boomop1]

Fire up your magic flying carpet.

[LonePalm]

Can anyone name any significant invention or discovery that was developed, in the last century, by a Muslim working in a Muslim country when they developed it?

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[The_Reader_David]

Don't worry. Islam bought Al Ghazali's occasionalism wholesale. It won't be long before a pack of clerics issue fatwas against Muslims doing science because science is based on the regularity of the natural world, and as such denies that everything happens by the direct will of Allah.

And no, I'm not joking: that was what killed Islamic science in the 12th century.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Fractal Trader]

ping.

[Grimmy]

Lemme guess. They’re gonna carry on the fine islamic tradition of translating foreign works into the “sacred language” of Arabic, then by that translation, lay claim to the device or discovery discussed in the work as now the property of Islam.

Then pick some random piece of prince from the ruling family to be the official islamic inventor.