Islamic Contributions to Science: The Scientific Method

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. I just saw this post ... almost two years later ...

But,

In the normal course of education, students in the West experience a narrative that has all but wiped out the massive contributions of Islamic scholars into the knowledge that we all rely on today.

One example of this is understanding how rational thought was resurrected in Europe after the mid ages with the help of Islamic academia.

Isn't, even, THIS an example of the "whitewashing" that the article laments?

How does one "resurrect" something that the habitants of Europe never accepted during the two previous eras? IOWs, Europe (as a region of peoples) did not possess the "rational thought", provided (by Africans) to the Roman empire during the Golden Age. Rather it was practiced by the Romans; but, rejected by the conquered native European peoples.

And notice how, the article's use of terms ... it refers to "the West" (a geographic designation) and contrasts it with Islam (a religious/cultural designation) ... the more appropriate (read: non "white-washed&quot designation would have referred to "the West" and contrasted it with "Africa."