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From: steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny)
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Subject: Re: Re: Islam (long but informative)
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Date: Sun, 28-Jul-85 12:57:58 EDT
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> I wonder how Islam contributed to the Greek Civilization. I would
> rather say it destroyed it when the Turks demolished the Byzantine
> Empire and burned Greece from east to west. They even blew up
> part of Parthenon. Just look at what happened to the (one-time)
> Glorious St. Sofia in Constantinople the most important Cathedral
> of all Christianity (at that time). Just a few weeks ago the Turks
> demolished an ancient Greek church (a precious piece of art) in 
> Istanbul despite the protests of the Greek government and numerous
> other international organizations. Of course I have nothing against
> Islam but I was just wondering about their contributions ......

	I never said that they contributed to Greek Civilization,
the time frame is all wrong.  After all Mohammad live in about
1000 A.D. and Socrates drank in the hemlock in 454 B.C.  Since
the Islamic civilization was 1500 years after the golden age
of Greece, it does not make sense to think of how Islam could
have contributed to the ancient Greek civilization.

	The Islamic people took the books of the Greeks and kept them.
The Christians in Europe burned them books.   After the worst part
of the "dark ages" the books were reintroduced to Europe.   During
the dark ages, the Islamic civilization invented Algebra and so 
on . . .

	
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