Citaat:
Oorspronkelijk geplaatst door circe
In deze twee teksten staat klaar en duidelijk aangetoond dat de arabieren meer dan de helft van de griekse geschriften vernietigden omdat de inhoud niet strookte met wat in de koran stond!
iets dat je had geweten indien je de moeite had gedaan om te lezen.
Het is net DANKZIJ Europa dat men een deel van die verloren gegane teksten terug heeft kunnen recupereren en zo de Renaissance zijn intrede heeft kunnen maken.
Toch eens lezen zou ik zeggen.
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>>One of the most persistent myths so eagerly promoted by Eurabians is that of the “shared Greco-Roman heritage” between Europeans and Arabs, which is now going to lay the foundations for a new Euro-Mediterranean entity, Eurabia. It is true that countries such as Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Algeria were just as much a part of the Roman Empire as were England or France. However, the Arab conquerors later
rejected many elements of this Greco-Roman era once they invaded these nations. Some Greek and other classics were indeed translated to Arabic, but Muslims could be highly particular about which texts to
exclude. There was thus a great deal of Greek thought that could never have been “transferred” to Europeans by Arabs, as is frequently claimed by Western Multiculturalists, because many Greek works had
never been translated into Arabic in the first place. Muslims especially
turned down political texts, since these included descriptions of systems in which men ruled themselves according to their own laws. This was
considered blasphemous by Muslims, as laws are made by Allah and rule belongs to his representatives. <<
Ik heb dat stukje hierboven gelezen, maar zie daar niets in staan over 'vernietigen'. Misschien komt dat uit een ander stukje, dat je niet citeerde?