Prior to Muhammed coming on the scene the Arab world had a relatively advanced civilization. It excelled in mathematics, science and astronomy. We got our number system from them. As Islam spread advances came to a screeching halt.
A woman minister I know spent considerable time in the middle east. She told me some amazing stories one of which I recall vividly. She was in a village containing a deep well which was just a hole in the ground. Every once in a while a child would fall into the well and drown. When she asked why they did not build a wall around the well to prevent such tragedies they informed her that such occurrences were Allah's will. They remarkably did not build a wall around the hole to prevent such future tragedies.
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"No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth." Plato
“To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.” Thomas Paine
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