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The following article, published in 2010, delves into the history of this.
Brian Saint-Paul:Islam exploded out of Arabia as a kind of nomadic religion. In its earliest generations, it was less interested in philosophical issues than it was with general expansion and succession. But that changed. How?
When Islam Abandoned Reason: A Conversation with Robert R. Reilly
Catholic ping!
2 posted on
04/29/2017 4:53:06 AM PDT by
NYer
("You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears." James 4:14)
To: NYer
5 posted on
04/29/2017 5:24:12 AM PDT by
silverleaf
(Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
To: NYer
Thanks, NYer. Hope to catch up with this later.
7 posted on
04/29/2017 6:15:44 AM PDT by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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