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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (239871)	8/24/2007 3:04:29 PM
From: c.hinton	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

RE."It is a curiosity of history that Europe has always been hungry for new ideas from outside powers, but Muslim rulers can only absorb ideas from people they have conquered, and stopped assimilating new ideas when the Ottoman Empire stopped growing." thanks for pointing that out...i included that bit on purpose.....what were europeans doing when they brought back greek fire and the other stuff...they were waging the crusades which ,among other dark deeds includes the sacking by the west of the one stronghold against islam...by vile treachery ....Byzantium 1453. nadine ,most of that wonderfull stuff came back with the crusaders....that is from attemps to conquer and colonize the "outremer". spoils of war might discribe it better ...dont delude yourself into believing we took everything peacefully. ps who let the jews back into jeruselem after a banishment of 500 years...the arabs.