Re: OT: needed: witty facts re: positive aspects of Islamic culture
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 1:18 |
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I would also like to point out to Stevo that many of the Middle East's
great cultural advancements were actually made *after* they had
adopted Islam. So you can't really blame their subsequent decline on
the religion, except perhaps indirectly via the Crusades. But even
then, I'm not convinced Christendom wouldn't have found another excuse
for the campaigns. Religion makes a great scapegoat for war, a good
way to whip the troops into a fervor, etc, but it's rarely the true
cause...
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