So basically Muslims invented everything?
Written on March 29, 2009 by admin
Crystallization (al-tabalwur): Invented by Geber.
Distillation, pure
Filtration (al-tarshih): Invented by Geber
Water purification
Coffee: Produced by Khalid in Kaffa, Ethiopia, in the 9th century.[11]
Confectionery: Due to advances in sugar production and the invention of sugar refineries, this led to the production of early confectioneries by the Arabs.
Distilled water and water purification: Purified by Muslim chemists.
Doner kebab: The doner kebab originated from the cağ kebab in medieval Turkish cuisine.
Juiced soft drink, Sherbet, and Sharab: The Sherbet and Sharab were the first juiced soft drinks, and originated in the Islamic world.
Pure distilled alcohol and ethanol: First isolated by Al-Kindi (Alkindus) in the 9th century.
Restaurant and three-course meal: The earliest restaurants came into existence throughout the Islamic world from the 10th century, shortly before restaurants appeared in China in the 11th century. The Islamic world had "restaurants where one could purchase all sorts of prepared dishes." These restaurants were mentioned by Al-Muqaddasi (born945) in the late 10th century Restaurants in medieval Islamic Spain served three-course meals, which was earlier introduced in the 9th century by Ziryab, who insisted that meals should be served in three separate courses consisting of soup, the main course, and dessert.
Sugar refinery: Syrup: Sugar-sweetened syrups were an invention of Arabic physicians that reached Europe in the Middle Ages. The word "syrup" is derived from the Arabic word "sharab"
Ballistic war machine and siege cannon: The use of cannons as siege machines dates back to Abu Yaqub Yusuf who employed them at the siege of Sijilmasa in 1274
Gun: According to Encyclopædia Britannica, the Arabs "had developed the first real gun, a bamboo tube reinforced with iron, which used a charge of black powder to fire an arrow", some time before 1300
Purified potassium nitrate: Muslim chemists were the first to purify potassium nitrate
Fireproof clothing: Asbestos may have possibly been used as a form of fire protection by the ancient Chinese and Greeks. However, it was Egyptian soldiers at the Battle of Ain Jalut in 1260 who were the first to wear fireproof clothing to protect themselves from gunpowder fires as well as chemicals in gunpowder warfare. Their fireroof protective clothing consisted of a silk tunic (still worn by Formula 1 drivers underneath their Nomex fire suits), aketon (from the Arabic al-qutn "the cotton"), and mainly a woolen overtun
Explosive gunpowder: The ideal composition for explosive gunpowder used in modern times is 75% potassium nitrate (saltpetre), 10% sulfur, and 15% carbon. Several almost identical compositions were first described by the Arab engineer Hasan al-Rammah as a recipe for the rockets (tayyar)
Coloured stained glass windows:
Bridge dam: The bridge dam was used to power a water wheel working a water-raising mechanism. The first was built in Dezful, Iran
high-rise buildings
Sugar refinery: The first sugar refineries were built by Muslim engineers
Windmill: The first windmills were built in Sistan, Afghanistan, sometime between the 7th century and 9th century,
Toothpaste, Soap, lipstick, hair dye, perfume, and deodrant.
The University of Al Karaouine in Fez, Morocco is thus recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest degree-granting university in the world with its founding in 859 by Fatima al-Fihri.[102] Also in the 9th century, Bimaristan medical schools were founded in the medieval Islamic world, where medical degrees and diplomas were issued to students of Islamic medicine who were qualified to be a practicing Doctor of Medicine.[101][103] Al-Azhar University, founded in Cairo, Egypt in 975, was a Jami'ah university which offered a variety of post-graduate degrees (Ijazah),[101] and had individual faculties[104] for a theological seminary, Islamic law and jurisprudence, Arabic grammar, Islamic astronomy, early Islamic philosophy, and logic in Islamic philosophy.[101] The modern academic robe worn by graduates was also adapted from the robe worn by the Alim (arabic word meaning educated)= (alumni)
Jury and jury trial: The closest predecessor to the English jury trial was the Lafif in the Maliki school of classical Islamic law and jurisprudence, which was developed between the 8th and 11th centuries
Psychiatric hospital: The first psychiatric hospitals were built in the medieval Islamic world. The first of these were built built in Baghdad in 705
Public library and lending library:A number of distinct features of the modern library were introduced in the Islamic world,
The Muslim Engineer "Al-Jazari" invented the bayonet fitting, camshaft, crankshaft, connecting rod, bolted lock, laminate, paper model, calibrated orifice, sand casting, gate operator, linkage, water
level, crank-driven and hydropowered saqiya chain pumps, double-action reciprocating p
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventions_in_the_Muslim_world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Islamic_science_and_engineering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_contributions_to_Medieval_Europe
I'm out there to get the truth out, that has been repressed and hidden for a long time.
the western just inherited and improve on what muslims invented in the 7th-12 century!
Emily C actually Muslims invented gunpowder, vaigara, elections, women's rights, welfare, political governments, they improve on paper, the chinese use to hand make it, muslims built a paper factory and produce it in mass.
YOU FORGOT ONE : Suicide bombers
Ha Ha, the rest is just a load of crap, they never invented gun powder, high rise buildings or most of the stuff you listed.
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Not everything. Do more research and don't come back.
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Wow. Apparently "everything" fits on my computer screen.
I knew going with the more expensive laptop with the bigger screen was the right idea.
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:49 pm
They didn't invent the Internet, Al Gore did. heh heh
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Since You listed everything in existence I have no choice but to believe you
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:49 pm
YOU FORGOT ONE : Suicide bombers
Ha Ha, the rest is just a load of crap, they never invented gun powder, high rise buildings or most of the stuff you listed.
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:49 pm
And now their region is technologically decades behind the rest of the world.
Yay theocratic dictatorships!
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:49 pm
"no, not everything"
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:49 pm
People in the middle east invented those things, they were not necessarily Muslims.
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Of course without that pesky Penicillin and Polio vaccines…many muslims would be dead or crippled…just saying…
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Your list doesn't exactly encompass everything.
Logical fallacy: sweeping generalization (and how!)
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:50 pm
No, Arabs and Persians. Once Islam came along they went back to the stone age.
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Jury trail was part of Old English Law, introduced to them by the Vikings during the Dark Ages
also:
Not invented by Muslims: Fire, the Wheel, birth control pills, the Compass, cooking, the automobile, The airplane, the rocket, paper, gunpowder (The Chinese invented that!), calculus, viagara, dynamite, the lightbulb, the semiconductor, beer, the fishing pole, swords, the electric guitar, government by elected representatives, sex-change operations, search engines, the submarine, the space shuttle, the artificial heart, plastic, helicopters, nuclear warheads, socialism, the radio, the television, piano wire, post-its, gummi bears, written language, microwave ovens, keytars, boomerangs, saddles, concrete, and so many others
And the Romans had restaurants before the Muslims did
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:51 pm
oookaaay! next they'll be taking credit for creating mankind!
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Iam a muslim and no ofcourse Islam is not the origin of all good things, that's not the point. Islam is supposed to arouse the present good things that lay at the heart of the faithful. Just like christianity and all other forms of theism. Even atheism, but just like any other magor idea, Islam had its turn. Don't distinguish in relation to faith, race, nation, or whatever other form of illusive divisions. Islam is a belief, and a belief is first and foremost, personal. Don't look for the ONLY way to gain enlightenment. Follow the truth (which is anything but reality), and follow it where ever it may go.
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March 23rd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Dude, seriously, you are actually NOT making muslims look good by doing this. Seriously. common.
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March 23rd, 2009 at 5:08 pm
If it brings you comfort… okay then.
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March 23rd, 2009 at 5:14 pm
maybe because we as muslims believe that learning is part of the religion and when u learn more and your intention is to please Allah, u will be rewarded because Allah asked us to work and invent new things that would make life easier, Allah also showed in the Quran that Scholars are the most who worship him and so they are the most that Allah loves. Allah said: ((Hast thou not seen that Allah causeth water to fall from the sky, and We produce therewith fruit of divers hues; and among the hills are streaks white and red, of divers hues, and (others) raven-black; (27) And of men and beasts and cattle, in like manner, divers hues? The erudite among His bondmen fear Allah alone. Lo! Allah is Mighty, Forgiving.))
Allah said also: ((Lo! those who read the Scripture of Allah, and establish worship, and spend of that which We have bestowed on them secretly and openly, they look forward to imperishable gain, (29) That He will pay them their wages and increase them of His grace. Lo! He is Forgiving, Responsive))
so in Islam we r encouraged to create and work at our best to please Allah and whoever that does not do his best in his job will be punished. Allah said: (( Spend your wealth for the cause of Allah, and be not cast by your own hands to ruin; and do good. Lo! Allah loveth the beneficent. (195) ))
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March 23rd, 2009 at 5:15 pm
You left out sliced bread. Listen, everyone has contributed. I've never heard a sane person claim otherwise. You can get down from your soapbox.
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March 24th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
The Muslim Empire was one of the most enlightening empires ever!
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March 24th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
There has been an age of enlightenment for the Muslims where there was a lot of intellectual and scientific discovery and invention. It doesn't mean that they invented everything.
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March 25th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
I agree that the Muslim civilization was really great and glorious one, they have contributed alot in the advancement of the world, but of course they didnt invent everything that our live is based on in this age, they have done their part and now some other nations is doing theirs, but i dont think that we have to be so offensive against the asker just because he was mistaken about the word "everything", just try to be a little understanding, guide him to the right direction if u know where it is, try to search about the topic on the internet and get to know about the islamic civilization before you say anything, but dont just answer and be funny while u know nothing about the topic, i will not make a list of how the islamic civilization done its part in the world advancement, i will just write some quotes about the islamic world which were said by famous foriegn characters.
Napoleon Bonaparte:
"I hope the time is not far off when I shall be able to unite all the wise and educated men of all the countries and establish a uniform regime based on the principles of the Quran which alone are true and which alone can lead men to happiness."
Bertrand Russell:
"Our use of the phrase 'the Dark Ages' to cover the period from 699 to 1,000 marks our undue concentration on Western Europe… From India to Spain, the brilliant civilization of Islam flourished. What was lost to Christendom at this time was not lost to civilization, but quite the contrary… To us it seems that West-European civilization is civilization; but this is a narrow view."
Jared Diamond:
"Medieval Islam was technologically advanced and open to innovation. It achieved far higher literacy rates than in contemporary Europe; it assimilated the legacy of classical Greek civilization to such a degree that many classical books are now known to us only through Arabic copies. It invented windmills, trigonometry, lateen sails and made major advances in metallurgy, mechanical and chemical engineering and irrigation methods. In the middle-ages the flow of technology was overwhelmingly from Islam to Europe rather from Europe to Islam. Only after the 1500's did the net direction of flow begin to reverse."
Anyone can use this links to see how the early islamic scientists have contributed in the different sciences:
http://www.cyberistan.org/islamic/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Golden_Age
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I will finish my answer with a speech by Carly Fiorina, CEO of Hewlett-Packard.
"may be ex CEO now, cuz the speech was in SEPTEMBER 26, 2001"
the speech was titled:
TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS AND OUR WAY OF LIFE: WHAT'S NEXT
it was a long speech and who wants the complete text can use this link:
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/speeches/fiorina/minnesota01.html
i will just copy the part about the islamic age which we are talking abou, this part is at the end of the speech.
"There was once a civilization that was the greatest in the world.
It was able to create a continental super-state that stretched from ocean to ocean, and from northern climes to tropics and deserts. Within its dominion lived hundreds of millions of people, of different creeds and ethnic origins.
One of its languages became the universal language of much of the world, the bridge between the peoples of a hundred lands. Its armies were made up of people of many nationalities, and its military protection allowed a degree of peace and prosperity that had never been known. The reach of this civilization’s commerce extended from Latin America to China, and everywhere in between.
And this civilization was driven more than anything, by invention. Its architects designed buildings that defied gravity. Its mathematicians created the algebra and algorithms that would enable the building of computers, and the creation of encryption. Its doctors examined the human body, and found new cures for disease. Its astronomers looked into the heavens, named the stars, and paved the way for space travel and exploration.
Its writers created thousands of stories. Stories of courage, romance and magic. Its poets wrote of love, when others before them were too steeped in fear to think of such things.
When other nations were afraid of ideas, this civilization thrived on them, and kept them alive. When censors threatened to wipe out knowledge from past civilizations, this civilization kept the knowledge alive, and passed it on to others.
While modern Western civilization shares many of these traits, the civilization I’m talking about was the Islamic world from the year 800 to 1600, which included the Ottoman Empire and the courts of Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo, and enlightened rulers like Suleiman the Magnificent.
Although we are often unaware of our indebtedness to this other civilization, its gifts are very much a part of our heritage. The technology industry would not exist without the contributions of Arab mathematicians. Sufi poet-philosophers like Rumi challenged our notions of self and truth. Leaders like Suleiman contributed to our notions of tolerance and civic leadership.
And perhaps we can learn a lesson from his example: It was leadership based on meritocracy, not inheritance. It was leadership that harnessed the full capabilities of a very diverse population–that included Christianity, Islamic, and Jewish traditions.
This kind of enlightened leadership — leadership that nurtured culture, sustainability, diversity and courage — led to 800 years of invention and prosperity.
In dark and serious times like this, we must affirm our commitment to building societies and institutions that aspire to this kind of greatness. More than ever, we must focus on the importance of leadership– bold acts of leadership and decidedly personal acts of leadership."
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