Islam Creator of the Modern Age
1. Islam: Creator of the Modern Age
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Almajest.
This concept dominated the minds of the
people all over the world for about 1500 years, until,
in the 16th century, Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler
carried out researches, which ultimately proved its
falsity. But it was the Muslims, who first transferred
to Europe the concept of the earth being round and
the almost correct concept of the causes of the ebb
and flow of the tides.
If a wrong concept about the revolution of the earth
remained predominant for such a long period of
time, it was due to the error of regarding something
non-sacred as sacred. The Christians believed that
the earth was a sacred sphere, being the birthplace
of the son of God (Christ). Because of this belief,
they found the notion that the earth was the centre
around which the whole universe revolved exactly
in accordance with their religious beliefs. It was this
idea of the earth’s sacredness, which came in the
way of the Christians making any further
investigation. It was not until the naked reality
finally forced itself upon them that they stopped
adhering to this theory.
The
Encyclopaedia Britannica
(1984) says:
