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Richard 11-22-2011 12:07

Why the Arabic World Turned Away from Science
 
An interesting read.

In trying to explain the Islamic world’s intellectual laggardness, it is tempting to point to the obvious factors: authoritarianism, bad education, and underfunding (Muslim states spend significantly less than developed states on research and development as a percentage of GDP). But these reasons are all broad and somewhat crude, and raise more questions than answers. At a deeper level, Islam lags because it failed to offer a way to institutionalize free inquiry. That, in turn, is attributable to its failure to reconcile faith and reason. In this respect, Islamic societies have fared worse not just than the West but also than many societies of Asia. With a couple of exceptions, every country in the Middle Eastern parts of the Muslim world has been ruled by an autocrat, a radical Islamic sect, or a tribal chieftain. Islam has no tradition of separating politics and religion.

Why the Arabic World Turned Away from Science
TheNewAtlantis, Winter 2011

http://www.thenewatlantis.com/public...y-from-science

And so it goes...

Richard
:munchin

tim180a 11-22-2011 12:53

Very interesting. Thanks Richard!

BOfH 11-22-2011 16:28

Fascinating read, thanks QP Richard!

One thing to note, towards the end, the author states that Maimonides was an influential philosopher during the Golden Age. Outside the realm of medicine, one has to wonder about that, considering that Maimonides was Jewish; I find it hard to believe that his philosophical thoughts and ideas had that much of an impact on Islam at the time. Thoughts...

PRB 11-22-2011 17:14

"Islam has no tradition of separating politics and religion"

Islam has a prohibition of seperating the two let alone a 'tradition'.

mark46th 11-22-2011 21:00

Allah is perfect. If society needs something, Allah will provide it...

akv 11-22-2011 21:44

Great Article, Thanks Richard

blacksmoke 11-26-2011 01:38

Because like democracy, science leads to increased homosexuality. :D

PRB 11-28-2011 09:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by blacksmoke (Post 425738)
Because like democracy, science leads to increased homosexuality. :D

If homosexuality lead to science all of the scientific discovery's would be from our Islamic friends....

blacksmoke 11-28-2011 22:43

^ No sir, don't believe this...you have not seen this. Just a misunderstanding. ;)


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