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Originally Posted by KevinG  And you decided this how? |
Egypt is the sovereign entity with the oldest claim to that strip of land.
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Originally Posted by KevinG Arabs made Algebra, not Muslims. The religion has nothing to do with Algebra. |
There wasn't actually a distinction between the religion and and their ethnicity. However, Arabs did not make algebra; Persians did. An Islamic one, to be specific. As with most other mathematics, algebra began as a religious tool for insight into the workings of the supernatural. In this case, the reunion of numbers.
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Originally Posted by KevinG What does this have to do with Islam? How did the religion lead them to to this point? |
The same way Christianity led Sir Isaac Newton to believe that the stars were governed by physical laws.
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Originally Posted by KevinG You offer a book I need to purchase as evidence that Islam regards women as equal? I already know it doesn't, it is one of the most misogynistic religions in existence. |
Imagine that. Considering a different viewpoint. Not easy for you, is it?
Here, you don't have to purchase it; I didn't. I'll give you the same text that explained it to me, which I personally typed up from a photocopy of the book which was in the possession of one of my professors.
It's a little long, so it'll come in two parts.
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