[Dec31,1999]

Well, whatever they did contribute, you'd better get good and used to it.

[RJS1950]

1. They did not necessarily lead the world in all of those areas.

2. The "great" discoveries and things like the numbering system came about long before the pathetic scam of Islam came about.

3. Therefore, these were not Islamic concepts or discoveries.

It's a myth, like the one about black egyptians with wings flying around the pyramids.

[timestax]

bump

[timestax]

bump for newbies to peruse and think about!

[BP2]

[tang-soo]

I think a distinction should be drawn between discoveries made by Arabs prior to Mohammad and Islam afterward. I think the PC types like to link the two together, when in fact, Islam actually turned the lights out of an intellectual culture.