Alas!!
This is what killed science after the first 4 centuries of Islam; the same factions that are causing the problems we face today in the Islamic world: I quote:
"For a few centuries at the turn of the first millennium, Islam presided over a burst of exuberant scientific and philosophical inquiry. It began with the translation of the treasure of Greek and Roman manuscripts that had lain forgotten for centuries. It then went beyond translation, producing a large body of original work in mathematics, chemistry, astronomy, optics, and philosophy, among other fields. Then this burst of activity died away. Summarizing and simplifying the argumant that follows: Islam provided a sense of purpose and vitality that helped power the achievements of its golden age, but Islam could not accomodate itself to the degree of autonomy required to sustain it"
"Why did the burst of activity fade so rapidly? The root cause of its decline is to be found.....in the ability of its orthodox upholders to stifle once-flowering science".
"Those accomplishments of Islamic mathematical and medical science which continue to compel our admiration were developed in areas and in periods where the elites were willing to go beyond and possibly against the basic strains of orthodox thought and feeling"
Charles Murray: 'Human Accomplishment: the Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950'
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Islam, eminently logical, placing the greatest emphasis on knowledge, purports to understand God's creation:Aga Khan 4.
The God of the Quran is the One whose Ayats(Signs) are the Universe in which we live, move and have our being:Aga Khan 3
