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To learn more about Al Andalus read this wonderful document "Andalusia When It Was... "
http://alandislam.tripod.com/id21.html
The Muslims played a principal role in the history of Spain. Their presence illuminated the Iberian Peninsula while the rest of Europe was engulfed in darkness. And so, Andalusia produced a great civilization far ahead and advanced than the rest of Europe. Under their rule, Muslims made Spain a center for learning and knowledge. The Muslims were taught reading, writing, math, Arabic, Qur'an, and Hadith (Sayings of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH), and became leaders in math, science, medicine, astronomy, navigation, etc. Al-Andalus became renowned for its prosperity as people who quested for knowledge journeyed from afar to learn in its universities under the feet of the Muslims. As a result, Andalus gave rise to a great many intellectual giants. Muslim Spain produced philosophers, physicians, scientists, judges, artists, and the like. Ibn Rushd, (Averroes) Ibn Sina, (Avicenna) Ibn Zuhr, (Avenzoar), Al-Kwarizmi, (Algorizm) and Al-Razi, (Razes) to name a few, were all Muslims educated in Andalus. 14 Martin Luther, the founder of Protestantism, was also educated in Andalusia. It is from the Andalusian philosophers, Ibn Rushd, and Ibn Sina that great renowned Christian men like St. Thomas Aquinas borrowed their philosophies. Both St. Thomas Aquinas and Dante called Ibn Rushd or "Averroes" the "The Commentator" and incorporated the views of Muslims. Through the works of Aristotle, Ibn Rushd reconciled reason with religion. However, Aquinas attempted to refute Ibn Rushd's ideas because they placed a great deal of emphasis on human reason over faith, which were a "threat" to Christian beliefs. 15 Interestingly enough, Thomas Aquinas described Arabs as "brutal men dwelling in the desert." Dante himself was familiar with Muslim figures. It is reported by countless historians, including William Phipps, in his book, Muhammad and Jesus ...
................................................................................­.......................................................The enemy within No mosque at Ground Zero Appeasing Islam The trouble with Islam Am I a racist The religion of fear Islam in Europe Hello angry Christians Aggressive atheism Was Jesus gay God the psycho More demands from Islam God bless atheism Take your god and shove him The curse of faith Shame on The Netherlands God is not enough dhimmi Canada Laugh at Sudan A secular world is a sane world A word to Islamofascists Sharia fiasco Ban the burka Islam's war on freedom Islam is not a victim Wake up, America The Blasphemy Challenge Apologists for evil Why does faith deserve respect? What about the Jews? What's good about religion?

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  • @TheProphetMo Have you seen the Alhambra in Cordoba, Spain ? Its amazing ! and its real !

  • Computer generated nonsense!

    It looks very Hollywood - very Disney.

    Were mohammed and Micky Mouse related by any chance?

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