Comments on: “Islamic bridge of civilisation to the West over-rated” http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/05/01/islamic-bridge-of-civilisation-to-the-west-over-rated/ anythingarian bubbles and troubles from the land of the fretting nun Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:16:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Trevor ap Simon http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/05/01/islamic-bridge-of-civilisation-to-the-west-over-rated/#comment-142690 Trevor ap Simon Sun, 11 May 2008 15:53:31 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7783#comment-142690 OK, I recreated the internet with my friend Al. Please everyone leave it alone for the next few minutes while make it a safe and decent place to be. OK, I recreated the internet with my friend Al. Please everyone leave it alone for the next few minutes while make it a safe and decent place to be.

]]> By: Trevor ap Simon http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/05/01/islamic-bridge-of-civilisation-to-the-west-over-rated/#comment-142684 Trevor ap Simon Sun, 11 May 2008 13:34:27 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7783#comment-142684 Man, you destroyed two thousand years of technological progress and we're not pleased. Nope, the plugin settings for related posts don't kill quotation marks in mouseover text. So it's my fault. As usual. Man, you destroyed two thousand years of technological progress and we’re not pleased.

Nope, the plugin settings for related posts don’t kill quotation marks in mouseover text. So it’s my fault. As usual.

]]> By: bulbul http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/05/01/islamic-bridge-of-civilisation-to-the-west-over-rated/#comment-142668 bulbul Sun, 11 May 2008 00:14:18 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7783#comment-142668 Did I break the internets? Did I break the internets?

]]> By: Trevor ap Simon http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/05/01/islamic-bridge-of-civilisation-to-the-west-over-rated/#comment-142659 Trevor ap Simon Sat, 10 May 2008 20:08:36 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7783#comment-142659 (I'm not censoring <a href="http://bulbulovo.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Bulbul</a>'s profoundly undemagogical comments--the related posts thing has hacked itself, and will be fixed shortly.) (I’m not censoring Bulbul’s profoundly undemagogical comments–the related posts thing has hacked itself, and will be fixed shortly.)

]]> By: bulbul http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2008/05/01/islamic-bridge-of-civilisation-to-the-west-over-rated/#comment-142658 bulbul Sat, 10 May 2008 19:34:50 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/?p=7783#comment-142658 Oh how nice, the old "Islam orthodoxy vs. Greek learning " again. Goldziher must be looking down smiling. People like Dimitri Gutas of Yale have demolished these arguments long time ago pointing out how the Abbasid translation movement was a coordinated effort where the people at top, including the caliphs, sponsored translations from Greek. And while the Syriac speaking Christians were there at the beginning, it soon turned out that their knowledge of Greek was too limited for them to effectively and accurately translate scientific and hard-core philosophic works and other people took over. But hey, when have facts ever stopped demagogues? Oh how nice, the old “Islam orthodoxy vs. Greek learning ” again. Goldziher must be looking down smiling. People like Dimitri Gutas of Yale have demolished these arguments long time ago pointing out how the Abbasid translation movement was a coordinated effort where the people at top, including the caliphs, sponsored translations from Greek. And while the Syriac speaking Christians were there at the beginning, it soon turned out that their knowledge of Greek was too limited for them to effectively and accurately translate scientific and hard-core philosophic works and other people took over.
But hey, when have facts ever stopped demagogues?

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