Islam Creator of the Modern Age
1. Islam: Creator of the Modern Age
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soundly. That is why monotheistic religion gives it
every encouragement.
ISLAM: THE LIBERATOR OF THE MIND
In ancient times, an intellectual climate dominated
by polytheism tended to encourage the spread of
superstition throughout the world. Such an
atmosphere was necessarily unfavourable to the
emergence of scientific ideas; that is why there was
no country during that period in which learning
and science could progress. It was only when the
Islamic revolution put an end to this age-old
harnessing of the intellect to polytheism that
attitudes began, effectively, to change.
ANCIENT GREECE
In ancient Greece, where every object had a god or
goddess associated with it, the greatest influence on
the human mind was that of mythology—a
collection of innumerable legends about lofty,
immortal beings and superhuman heroes. Although
an aura of mysticism surrounded their origins and
deeds, the early Greeks regarded the mythological
creatures as historical realities of whom they
