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delrem

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8. Islamic scholars and mathematicians saved Europe's butt.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Tue Jul 30, 2013, 09:00 PM

Jul 2013

Those scholars and mathematicians provided the lever for hoisting Europe from the dark ages.
This at a time when Europeans tended to think "hey, lets mount a crusade to slaughter the infidels."

It's about time people stopped being so fucking petty and realize that the world is one.

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Florida Rep. Ritch Workman Claims High School Textbook Has Pro-Islam Bias [View all] marmar Jul 2013 OP

I have not read the textbook exboyfil Jul 2013 #1

School books should not be biased in favor of or against ANY religious group. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #4

I agree so why exboyfil Jul 2013 #5

Christians are so prickly when they get a taste of their own medicine. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #6

The AP World History text exboyfil Jul 2013 #9

Failure to slander Islam = "pro-Islamic bias" to these morans. kestrel91316 Jul 2013 #2

Read my response exboyfil Jul 2013 #3

I am duly impressed that a Florida Republican can read rurallib Jul 2013 #7

Islamic scholars and mathematicians saved Europe's butt. delrem Jul 2013 #8

And Islam wasn't expansionist as well? exboyfil Jul 2013 #10

I'm a bit more interested in the real context... JHB Jul 2013 #11

It appears to be a comprehensive text exboyfil Jul 2013 #13

Yes, I checked the TOC and some of the summaries via your link JHB Jul 2013 #15

He's right burnodo Jul 2013 #12

He appears to have moved on from his previous pet issue, to legalize dwarf-tossing. reformist2 Jul 2013 #14

Nothing like offending an entire religion. jessie04 Jul 2013 #16