Imagine a world without Muslims ************************* Yes, lets imagine a world WITHOUT MUSLIMS, shall we? ************************* Without Muslims you wouldnt have: ************************* - Coffee ************************* - Cameras ************************* - Experimental Physics ************************* - Chess ************************* - Soap ************************* - Shampoo ************************* - Perfume/spirits ************************* - Irrigation ************************* - Crank-shaft,internal combustion engine, valves, pistons ************************* - Combination locks ************************* - instruments ************************* - Anesthesia ************************* - Windmill ************************* - Treatment of Cowpox ************************* - Fountain pen ************************* - Numbering system ************************* - Algebra/Trigonometry ************************* - Modern Cryptology ************************* - Crystal glasses ************************* - Carpets ************************* - Checks ************************* - University ************************* - Optics ************************* - Toothbrush ************************* - Hospitals ************************* - Bathing ************************* - Quilting ************************* - Mariner’s Compass ************************* - Soft drinks ************************* - Pendulum ************************* - Braille ************************* - Cosmetics ************************* - Plastic surgery ************************* - Calligraphy ************************* - Manufacturing of paper and cloth ************************* - Architectural innovation (pointed arch -European Gothic cathedrals adopted this technique as it made the building much stronger, rose windows, dome buildings, round towers, etc.) ************************* - It was a Muslim who realized that light ENTERS our eyes, unlike the Greeks who thought we EMITTED rays, and so invented a camera from this discovery. ************************* - It was a Muslim who first tried to FLY in 852, even though it is the Wright Brothers who have taken the credit. ************************* - It was a Muslim by the name of Jabir ibn Hayyan who was known as the founder of modern Chemistry. ************************* - He transformed alchemy into chemistry. ************************* - He invented: distillation, purification, oxidation, evaporation, and filtration. ************************* - He also discovered sulfuric and nitric acid. ************************* - It is a Muslim, by the name of Al-Jazari who is known as the father of robotics. ************************* - It was a Muslim who was the architect for Henry V’s castle. ************************* - It was a Muslim who invented hollow needles to suck cataracts from eyes, a technique still used today. ************************* - It was a Muslim who actually discovered inoculation, not Jenner and Pasteur to treat cowpox. The West just brought it over from Turkey ************************* - It was Muslims who contributed much to mathematics like Algebra and Trigonometry, which was imported over to Europe 300 years later to Fibonnaci and the rest. ************************* - It was Muslims who discovered that the Earth was round 500 years before Galileo did. ************************* - The list goes on and on.. **************************** - Just imagine a world without Muslims. ****************************
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:10:46 +0000