…without Muslims
The internet has been going viral with a blog post on Tumblr which features an inflammatory image of the Twin Towers in America along with the words ‘Imagine a world without Muslims’ – implying that if the religion were to never have existed, the buildings would still be intact today.
Muslims have been getting constant bad press in the news and Islamophobia has become a buzzword. Yet the blog post turned what could have been another forgettable troll post into something positive and thought-provoking.
Underneath the photograph it said: “Yes, let’s imagine a world WITHOUT MUSLIMS, shall we?”
Without Muslims you wouldn’t have:
- Coffee
- Cameras
- Experimental Physics
- Chess
- Soap
- Shampoo
- Perfume/spirits
- Irrigation
- Crank-shaft, internal combustion engine, valves, pistons
- Combination locks
- Architectural innovation (pointed arch -European Gothic cathedrals adopted this technique as it made the building much stronger, rose windows, dome buildings, round towers, etc.)
- Surgical instruments
- Anaesthesia
- Windmills
- Treatment of Cowpox
- Fountain pen
- Numbering system
- Algebra/Trigonometry
- Modern Cryptology
- 3 course meal (soup, meat/fish, fruit/nuts)
- Crystal glasses
- Carpets
- Checks
- Gardens used for beauty and meditation instead of for herbs and kitchen.
- University
- Optics
- Music
- Toothbrush
- Hospitals
- Bathing
- Quilting
- Mariner’s Compass
- Soft drinks
- Pendulum
- Braille
- Cosmetics
- Plastic surgery
- Calligraphy
- Manufacturing of paper and cloth
The post went on: “It was a Muslim who realized that light enters our eyes, unlike the Greeks who thought we emitted rays, and so invented a camera from this discovery.
“It was a Muslim who first tried to fly in 852, even though it is the Wright Brothers who have taken the credit.
“It was a Muslim by the name of Jabir ibn Hayyan who was known as the founder of modern chemistry. He transformed alchemy into chemistry. He invented: distillation, purification, oxidation, evaporation, and filtration. He also discovered sulfuric and nitric acid.
“It is a Muslim, by the name of Al-Jazari who is known as the father of robotics.
“It was a Muslim who was the architect for Henry V’s castle.
“It was a Muslim who invented hollow needles to suck cataracts from eyes, a technique still used today.
“It was a Muslim who actually discovered inoculation, not Jenner and Pasteur to treat cowpox. The West just brought it over from Turkey
“It was Muslims who contributed much to mathematics like Algebra and Trigonometry, which was imported over to Europe 300 years later to Fibonnaci and the rest.
“It was Muslims who discovered that the Earth was round 500 years before Galileo did.
“The list goes on………..
“Just imagine a world without Muslims. Now I think you probably meant, ‘Just imagine a world without terrorists’. And then I would agree, the world would definitely be a better place.
“But to hold a whole group responsible for the actions of a few is ignorant and racist. No one would ever expect Christians or white people to be held responsible for the acts of Timothy McVeigh (Oklahoma bombing) or Anders Breivik (Norway killing)…and rightly so because they had nothing to do with those incidents. Just like the rest of the 1.5 billion Muslims had nothing to do with this incident.”
So imagine, what would a world without Muslims really be like?
