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[quote=Anonymous]Same thought has occurred to me as I have read posts from Muslims on these many threads.  Pure Islam is the cure to all our ills, it's just never been tried.  Same as what defenders of communism say.

But Islam was at its pinnacle and most powerful when it was vibrant, liberal and open--from roughly the 9th to 12th centuries.  Scholars of all kinds were welcome--Christians translated the Greek philosophers and Islamic philosophers integrated them into their understanding of Islam.  Imagine any one of the Muslim posters we've heard from here acknowledging there is anything to be learned from jahaliyya-ists like Plato and Aristotle.

The encouragement of learning and inquiry gave rise to huge advances in science, physics and mathematics and more practical areas like navigation and architecture, as well as to the beginning of disciplines like geography and sociology.

Islam was at its best when it was most multi-cultural, most tolerant of other faiths, and most encouraging of intellectual inquiry.  Most of the Muslim posters we've heard from here completely betray this legacy, as do all of the extreme Islamic groups agitating in the Middle East today.  Imagine if they viewed true Islam as primarily an imperative for ntellectual inquiry rather than as a requirement for women to be bundled up and married at menarche.[/quote]

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