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•Muslims translated most of the scientific works of antiquity into Arabic. •Muslim mathematicians devised and developed Algebra. •Al-Khwarazmi used Arabic numerals which came to the West through his work in the 9th century. •Al-Razi described and treated smallpox in the 10th century. •Al-Razi also used alcohol as an antiseptic. •Ibn Sina diagnosed and treated meningitis in the 11th century. •Ibn al-Haytham discovered the Camera Obscura in the 11th century. •Al-Biruni described the Ganges valley as a sedimentary basin in the 11th century. •Muslims built the first observatory as a scientific institution in the 13th century. •Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi explained the...

Some Myths About the Quranic Science Written by Mumin Salih Tuesday, 02 June 2009 Islamic Woodooo Recently, Muslims scholars started to falsely claim that the Quran foretold many scientific discoveries that were not known in its time. None of the Muslims’ claims stands scientific or logical analysis. One wonders how the Muslim scholars dare to make such claims despite the obvious contradiction between the Quran and science. The answer to this question is that Muslim scholars became alarmed during the last decades as an increasing number of ordinary Muslims started to learn modern science. To pre-empt any suspicion about the...

MERCIFULLY the southern US appears to have escaped devastating human consequences from its second hurricane in a month. But can it also escape the lesson on climate change from the increase in powerful and possibly destructive tropical storms? Rita was originally rated in the most ferocious category five with winds over 155 mph. As with all hurricanes, however, it lost power when it went ashore on the Louisiana and Texas coasts, dropping to a Category 3 and then 2 though as the coming hours will show, it has nonetheless caused plenty of damage. Hurricane Katrina which smashed into New Orleans...