Sunday, 25 July 2010

Muslim heritage in Medicine

Posted by LM

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    "They came in and sat at the feet
    of our ancient ancestors; they learned
    they took it back. They came back, then they imitated
    Once they got enough, they came back and they destroyed."*

    As a university student, I spent a great deal of my studies uncovering the whitewashing of American History but it wasn’t until far later that I learned the magnitude to which Islamic contributions to the west had been systematically removed from the tomes of civilization. On this day, reserved for remembrance of Columbus (a scoundrel in his own right), few Americans know that his voyages were largely funded by the coffers of the Nasrids or that the maps he used to navigate his way across the Pacific were likely those left behind by Muslim cartographers and found in the masjid he operated out of. Nor is it even well known that it was Morocco that first recognized the United States as a sovereign nation. The importance of history lies in a people understanding their potential to attain greatness and a recognition of that potential from others who otherwise will leverage ignorance to their benefit.

    “Of all our studies, history is most qualified to reward our research.” El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz


    *Public Enemy, “Swindlers Lust,” from There’s a Poison Goin’ On. Atomic Pop: 1999.

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