Procrustean History: Obama Manipulates the Past to Fit the Narrative
When speaking of “Islamic” achievements one must first recognize how much Islamic societies obtained from merely absorbing and internalizing the philosophy, the mathematics, the science and technology of India (as mentioned briefly and in passing by a previous commentator).
In the West, a few scholars know about Indian contributions in mathematics – (which were actually quite immense in themselves) but know little else about what else was picked up. Much of “Arab” science and knowledge came from Hindu Brahmins and other scholars who were force converted and brought to Baghdad and other Arab cities to serve as accountants, doctors, food inspectors and so on. To this day, Indian professionals provide signficant manpower to Saudi Arabia and the Sheikhdoms of the Gulf.
Secondly, when it comes to art and architecture, much of it ought to be credited to some Sufis – who would never be recognized or accepted as true Muslims by Quranic Muslims.
The achievements of Quranic Islam are almost NIL. While one can attribute certain cultural achievements to some Sufis, it would be most inappropriate to describe these as “Islamic” achievements.
Islam was a medieval fascist idealogical system that could only sustain itself through brute force and tyranny. That is why every nation that was ruled by Islam fell prey to European colonization.
And that is also why Asian nations like Japan and Korea (who escaped the vissictudes of Islam) developed very rapidly and have now become some of the world’s most advanced nations.
Take away their oil wealth, and it is almost certain that the Islamic nations would be the world’s most backward.
There is virtually no developed Islamic nation that is not rich in oil or other precious resources.
Islamic states are parasitic states, and Europe finds a way to collaborate with such states because it hasn’t fully gotten over its colonial mentality.
For instance, colonial Britain systematically used Islamic treachery and violence to put down nationalist Hindus in India.
It is one thing to be for democracy in ones own country – it is quite another to also support it in a country you wish to exploit and hold down.
Nations that refuse to acknowledge their hidden colonial (or racist) attitudes will never really unite to fight Islamic terror.
That is the sad but unvarnished truth.
