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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (1128)2/22/2002 12:26:07 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2926
 
the Arabs were leaders in science and math....until islam and the militants came along and all efforts went into studying the koran and killing your neighbour.

Not true. Between the 9th and 13th centuries, the only people doing decent work in science, philosophy or medicine were Muslims. However, I will agree that hard-core, orthodox Islam is probably not conducive to science and math, as is true of all religions.

Tom



To: Bill Jackson who wrote (1128)2/22/2002 12:43:25 PM
From: Thomas M.  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 2926
 
P.S.

until islam and the militants came along and all efforts went into studying the koran and killing your neighbour.

Herein lies the problem, IMHO - pernicious clerics with various agendas. Not knowing much about it, I would guess that the Hadith has more of the "bad" stuff in it than the Koran, since it was written later, with more time for corruption to set in.

Tom


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