Posted on 12/23/2006 4:44:36 AM PST by radar101
Poets and philosophers, merchants and mathematicians, artisans and astronomers re-enacted the Golden Age of Islam at the Al-Arqam Islamic School in south Sacramento on Friday.
The artistry, story-telling and role-playing was a creation of 233 students from kindergarten through ninth grade who brought to life the sights, tastes and smells of an Islamic empire that spanned three continents from the eighth to the 13th centuries.
From incense to Turkish coffee, dates to oranges, minarets to miniature mosques and castles -- you could find it all at The Islamic Civilization Exhibit and Festival in the school's multipurpose room.
Pageantry was accompanied by plenty of food for thought.
In the midst of this "village" teeming with children dressed in Saudi, Afghan, Palestinian, Pakistani, Egyptian and Moroccan garments, a large gold and blue tent set the stage for a debate among nine famous Muslim scholars.
Ibn Battuta (12-year-old Abdurrahman Husnein)was considered the greatest tourist of the 14th century. He followed the Prophet Muhammad's advice to "seek knowledge even if it takes you to China."
Ibn Sina (10-year old Belal Ahmed) insisted that his Canon of Medicine was a more important contribution because "My work saves lives!" Sina lived from 980 to 1037.
The father of algebra, Muhammad Ibn Musa Al-Khawarizmi (11-year-old Javed Maroon) responded, "I created the decimal system and the use of zero ... I educate the lives you save." The mathematician lived from 770 to 840.
Imam Malik (13-year-old Ossama Kamel), who compiled thousands of sayings from the Prophet Muhammad, warned the others against arrogance. "No one who has an atom's weight of pride in his heart will enter the garden," he quoted the prophet as saying.
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Thank you. Now I'm not as ignorant as before.
Nope it was the church. Are they doing it now? No.
So tell me, which religion is making the other recant their beliefs in favor of there own? Last I looked, it wasn't Chistians killing muslims or forcing their beliefs upon them for fear of beheading! But like the muslim mind, yours is a few hundred years slow I guess!
Some say that Rome never actually fell, that it is still here. Could be, and if so no newcomer wannabe empire such as the yemeni moslem bandits will ultimately prevail even if it takes another thousand years to send them back to their rock pile permanently.
If the muzzies ever had a golden age, which I doubt, then they have been exceedingly successful at stomping out any vestige of it to achieve their ultimate goal of living in the seventh century.
It might be. Another thing is that islam has borrowed and rearranged many of the Christian and Jewish pieces, as well as added a handful of pieces of other things, so it might be possible to come to an agreement such as the treaties that ended the worst of the Catholic/Protestant wars in Europe a few centuries back. There might be enough common ground to formalize a live and let live policy when the players get tired of death and destruction.
They are being taught something else in addition. They have a ripe and thriving apocalyptic tradition and a huge fan base even if outright Twelvers are usually suppressed.
Maybe the reason why blacks embrace Islam is because they think that Christianity is the "White Man's" or the "Slave Owner's" religion, or maybe they think they're getting in touch with their African roots.
The ironys are that the Moslem Arabs were the first foreign slavers of the African black, and that there are even today still Arabs who own black slaves. Basically, they're giving honor to a people who has done nothing but crap all over they're people and kick their asses for centuries. And as for "African roots", well I suspect that most of the black Africans who came over as slaves were probably animist or pagan.
Sorry for the "a**es" word. I made a mistake.
You're welcome!
It's the right religion for people on the go who don't have time to stop and think. If they were actually serious about it they would adopt one of the mechanized religions as found in high mountain areas where the air is too thin to support thought.
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