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800 or so years ago a bunch of intolerant, radical *******s from that part of the world decided to annoy the greatest military leader in human history. They didn't come out of it very well.

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Go on then. Enlighten me. :dunce:

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:D in short some of the caliphates of the old Islamic world were particularly unsavoury, preaching hate and intolerance towards anyone within their spheres of influence (eg. Christian groups within Persia as was) who didn't tow their line. Familiar?

A certain Genghis Khan as we know him took particular exception to practices of religious intolerance so he and some of his descendants all but annihilated said perpetrators who were unfortunate enough to be in the path of the Mongol hordes.

Consequently much of the scientific knowledge and advancement within that particular cultre gained over the centuries came to an abrupt halt.

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Shame, I understood (back in ancient times) that the Muslims were advanced in scientific fields etc.

Being a johnny come lately religion (relatively speaking) are they maybe like the youngest child, trying to get noticed & acting up so they get some attention.

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They weren't Muslims in ancient times ( Before 700 AD). But yes the enlightened Arab world bequeathed us much of our numbering system and algebra

Then along came Islam and they shot back centuries.

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Shhhhh.......don't say that. You might upset them! :erm::angel::D

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In general, religious dogma does not fare well in enlightened societies.

The Persians, ie. Iranians, were well on the road to a modern, humanist society when the ayatollahs took over.

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I studied with quite a few Iranians (amongst numerous other nationalities) in E. London in the late 70's and 80's. They were as eager to have a pint in the student bar as the rest of us. Don't recall hijabs, niqabs or burkas in London then but maybe people then were just a bit backward.. :rolleyes:

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Our dental surgery is run by two Iranians and you could not meet nicer people.

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Same here

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They're probably Albanians who're more acquainted with a goat's gonads than teeth. :D ;)

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I'm working in a Jewish school in London at the moment, the things they have to put up with is outrageous

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Muslims have not had their Martin Luther.

Christianity underwent a reformation, and Western society underwent a renaissance.

Islam has had neither.

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Oh for the day when the culture, religion and race of someone is far less important then their behaviour as an individual. All religions have their extremists and judging a whole religion by the views and actions of those extremists does the religion and the judge of that religion a disservice. Education should be the way people move past the obstacles of the past and the fact some adults are masquerading ideological centres as schools is disgusting and should be eradicated as quickly as possible.

I'm too old to radically change my beliefs as are most adults past a certain age the hope amongst decent adults is that our children never have beliefs that are detrimental, I will never understand the type of adult that decides to limit and poison the mind of a child.