>> Real organization. <<
In my opinion, this is why wanting the benefits of advance civilization without the prerequisites to an advanced civilization is simply fantasy.
There is no doubt that in the past the Islamic world was greatly advanced. There is also no doubt that at that time, the Islamic world was not dominated by fundamentalists who hated rationality and science.
Rather, it was dominated by those who were learned in philosophy, mathematics, logic, and other rational arts. Aristotle. Plato. Not just the Koran.
The discovery of zero, for example, isn't Muslim but Asian, Southeast Asian around Vietnam.
Astronomy isn't Muslim. Nor is chemistry.
It was the Jews who figured out how to send money over long distances through what the Muslims now call hawala. Or maybe they learned it from the Chinese. Or the Greeks. Or the Assyrians. All of whom had versions, all of whom travelled the Silk Road.
The first version of globalization was the Silk Road.
But now they object to adding their European and American cousins to the mix.
Why? They say it's because they don't like Coca Cola and American hamburgers. Hamburgers are, of course, German, but Coca Cola, I admit, is American. |
