don
2009-06-07 06:18:23
What David S wrights is accurate, while our forebears were taring down Roman ruins to build hovels, the Caliphate was preserving the knowledge of the past. As far as creating? Maybe not so much, but they did preserve much of what the rebirth of europe is based upon. That being said, Islam was at it’s most triumphant when it was MOST tolerant . . . Islam faltered and became corrupt when it became insular
