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To: Mani1 who wrote (119850)	7/10/2000 7:58:55 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575604

Mani, I should have said the arabs as of course mohammed founded islam. I think they had were good as astronomers due to their very clear skies, I suspect. As for the downgrade of science in favor of religious studies? it continues to this day in the most fanatical moslem countries. There are more enlightened ones, I agree. As to why the arab scientific star burned so brightly at first and was later extinguished or at least dimmed parallels the rise and flowering of islam, as one rose the other fell. Of course the rise of the turks and other empires of the day also had an effect. This was seen in other religions as well. Science and the pursuit of truth and factual knowldege was seen as anti-dogma and many scientists and their discoveries were suppressed. One has only to recall the problems Gallileo had as an example. I was speculating that a similar shift in emphasis directed scholars away from science and into religious studies in the arab countries and thus partally caused the decline in science, in addition suppression of some areas of science by the religous group would be an added downwards effects on the assorted disciplines. The Soviet had similar doctrinal conflicts between their religion of communism and certain sciences, Lysenkoism is one, there may be others there too. Bill