Mohamed Elmasry of the University of Waterloo has some dawa for Media Monitors Network, wherein he writes on the scientific achievements of Islam.
But, try to find in any of the advancements listed one that comes from Islam itself, or from the characters of Islam, Mohammed or his companions, rather than from regular scientific people who were also Muslims. I don't find any, just as when I looked at this phenomenon before.
The best that Elmasry can do in showing that these achievements derive from Islam is to say that they are "a reflection of the Islamic faith in the mathematical concept of a universe whose creation by God is an unending, or infinitely living process." Which is a pretty nebulous claim in itself, and, further, doesn't even appear to be true, since I think the Muslim opinion is that at some point the universe comes to an end. Here's what the MSA says about the "Last Hour": "At this point, the Day of Resurrection commences in which the skies and earth are destroyed by Allah." Elmasry says also that they "expressed the fundamental aims of Islam, which urged a never-ending quest to understand God’s visible signs in the cosmos." A much less nebulous claim: Islam actually promotes these advancements. But, again, one without base. This commandment doesn't exist, and again, how could the quest to understand the cosmos be never-ending when the cosmos themselves are not "never-ending?"
No one is denying that Muslims are people who can do good things. What I'm denying is that Islam is an ideology that can do good things.
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Islam is a parasite, living off the carcass of previously conquered civilizations. In 1400 years, Islam has nothing of intellectual, philosophical or scientific worth contributed to the progress of humanity.
Any culture touched by Islam will decay...
To find a long compilation of Muslim nonsense claims to scientific fame, turn to Fjordman's recent work. Search "fjordman islamic science." There are many lists of such bogus claims refuted. Fjordman has recently done a great job of compiling compilations.
BTW, I would have been rated post-doc if only I'd followed my first inclination to name my blog Keleuthos. And maybe some proofreading would have helped. And maybe I could have held off on some of the more intemperate nonsense I posted on El Masry. And the Mohammed cartoons I put up could have been in poor taste but hardly so low as to warrant me being rated as a junior highschool level writer. Right? Anyone? Hello!
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