An educational foundation has announced fantastic plans to distribute free books to UK schools to highlight the scientific and cultural legacy of Muslim civilisation. 1001 Inventions is the brainchild of the Foundation for Science Technology and Civilisation (FSTC) – a network of academics dedicated to debunking the myth of the so-called “Dark Ages of Civilisation”
As Professor Salim Al-Hassani, chief editor of the book, that accompanies the project explained: “The period between the 7th and 17th centuries, that has been erroneously labeled ‘The Dark Ages’ was in fact a time of exceptional scientific and cultural advancement in China, India and the Arab world. This is the period in history that gave us the first manned flight, huge advances in engineering, the development of robotics and the foundations of modern mathematics, chemistry and physics.
The 1001 Inventions campaign was launched by the Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation (FSTC); a not-for-profit, non-religious and non-political body based in the UK but supported by academics from across the globe. The project has attracted the support of leading educators, scientists and politicians. Despite this, go on have a guess, who do you think are sceptical about the idea. That's right, The real axis of evil, The British Board of Deputies of Jews, Douglas Murray and the Jerusalam Post, says it all really.
Actually, if you read the article you linked to, The British Board of Jewish Deputies have not said anything negative about Muslim heritage.
ReplyDeleteDouglas Murray is a Muslim-hating renta-racist-quote that racist British journalists go to to make their own racist articles seem more legitimate. However, everyone know the Centre for Social Cohesion is an anti-Muslim "think-tank" that spouts lies about British Muslims as its raison d'etre.
Actually the full comment from the Board of Deputies, which related to the Richard Dawkins initiative to distribute material to schools as well was “Foundations can distribute materials to schools, but that does not mean that schools will or should use them. We would expect the DCSF to monitor carefully what is made available to children for appropriateness and balance. There is nothing intrinsically wrong in students with sufficient maturity debating the philosophical differences between Dawkins and people of faith, or studying the contributions made by different civilizations through the ages to scientific thought – not forgetting that one of the greatest scientists of his age was Maimonides.”
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