Islam Creator of the Modern Age
2. Holding Sacred that which is not Sacred
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Britannica
says: “Most of the classical literature that
spurred the European Renaissance was obtained
from translations of Arabic manuscripts in Muslim
libraries.”
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In modern times, a large number of scholars, for
instance, Gustav Liban, Robert Briffault, J.M.
Robert, Montgomery Watt, and so on, have clearly
acknowledged that it was the investigations and
discoveries of the Arabs that paved the way for
modern science in Europe. It would be correct to
say that this is a universally known fact. The only
point on which we must differ is that the event
recorded as ‘Muslim history’ should come under
the heading of ‘Islamic history.’ An event thus
attributed to a people should have been attributed
rather to God.
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In ancient times certain things were considered holy
according to the polytheistic set of beliefs then
prevalent. This mentality had closed the door to
independent thinking on the subject of natural
phenomena. Then came the revolution brought
