National Geographic Live! - Salim Al-Hassani: 1001 Inventions

What do water fountains, rocket jet packs, and graduation robes all have in common? Emeritus Professor Salim T.S. Al-Hassani reveals the enduring legacy of Muslim civilization.

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[NihilanthNonServiam]

You're correct, those are just tastes and a matter of style, to each his own I actually like both.-

[NihilanthNonServiam]

Yes, I am aware of such atrocities, I am also strongly dissapointed with Christianity, I don't like religions at all, but you're right, let's honour our science duly and irrespectively, it is all of magnificent nature to our present and future.-

[Dabeats101]

And comparing Gothic architecture with Muslim architecture is like comparing Indian cuisine e.g. a chicken curry to Chinese cuisine (stir fry) or Japanese sushi they are different foods. And as to which food is the best is all down to preference as in an OPINION (not fact)

[Dabeats101]

You do know that Europeans also invaded the middle east many times during the crusades to spread Christianity. They later invaded south America & Africa pretending to be missionaries. any way humanity's history is filled with many conquests and blood shade but at least it wasn't all bad for we got inventions and great science advancements from great people all over the world irrespective of their cultural & Religious background & gender. 

[NihilanthNonServiam]

But what's for the millions of people worldwide (It doesn't matter what their belief or lack thereof) That act like they've got an identity crisis? Those who confuse their identity with their set of mind or certain portion of it are more prone to being manipulated, don't take my rants personally, I am not bashing at all, but I don't justify religious doctrine either, it tends to make people less critical, why do they get stirred up if you discuss their religion? Why do they take it personal?

[NihilanthNonServiam]

Afterall you Muslims are just humans like us, animals on two legs with big brains like us, hands, opposing thumbs, charisma! What has Islam got to do with us humans? Do Muslims have a third leg or six fingers? Are they less human? The word Muslim is a façade, you're not more Muslim than I am hahaha, all you do is associate yourself with Islam and do your religious choirs, something that I don't do but I respect what you do as long as you don't act compulsively, it means I deal with a person.-

[NihilanthNonServiam]

I don't look at it from the point of view of opinion, I'm not condemning Islam, I'm just putting historical facts straight regarding war and politics of Muslim predominant countries, and I also think Islam itself has nothing to do with history or anything at all, Islam is timeless, it's there but doesn't really interact, lets credit the human brain and not Islam, you don't call inventors by their religion, why say muslim scientists? they're human scientists, let's not discriminate.-

[Sebastian Antoinette]

now this is were you are completely wrong. you are looking at this from a point of view that muslims are the reason europeans were in such a dark age, and they were after conquests only etc and only after muslims left it was when europe flourished because they were hard working smart people. lol ok since you think that way, then bye nothing to do here

[Sebastian Antoinette]

the muslims didnt treat them well you say? bring me one evidence of that, ie someone who said something, a historian or some book talking about it. but i can assure you that muslims treated them more than well, and historians vouch for that. even western historians. so i must correct you if it wasnt for muslim scholars, calculus wouldnt be invented. same with indians, they contributed with math.

[Sebastian Antoinette]

ahmadiyya sect isn't muslim because gholam ahmad thought he was jesus christ lol you cant be a muslim and you are following a guy who thought he's jesus christ. but yea you are right that europeans were killed more than muslims, but they were killed by other europeans. they were killing each other before they switched to arabs and indians etc.