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If Islam did not have a positive impact on the world. then the wide vast civilizations and most advanced culture that were spurred by Islam would never have come to pass.
Of course many will argue that the proliferation of the Near East was inevitable, with or without Islam. Or that the advances achieved were not due to Islam as a religion but the ambition of the individuals that made them.
But I disagree, whether Islam is truly a source of divine guidance or not. Islam established the structure, the principles, the ethics and organization which facilitated the expansion of knowledge. Islam told people "where to look" to gain information, stressing observation over simply JUST believing.
So what happened to the Muslims? how did they lose their way? Why are they so destitute, backwards, unproductive, absent of knowledge and achievement now? Not just now but for hundreds of years?
The reasons are complex, Both Internal and External.
Some External reasons:
1.) Mongol Invasion, destroyed virtually every major store of knowledge from Khwarzem to Damascus. Who knows? Maybe some of the great Muslim thinkers developed Abstract Mathematics, The details of Computer Algorithms. Maybe Muslims had their own Alan Turing?
2.) The crusades, much the same story, but with a twist, rather than burn everything they literally stole vast libraries of books in Arabic and then had them translated to Latin This actually became the foundations for modern Chemistry.
3.) Colonialissm, Muslims were actually on a path to recovery and started opening their doors to European trade. This actually turned out to be their own undoing. After the ascent of European dominion over Muslim lands, Muslims became disadvantaged, then successively upward mobility was only granted by conforming to European structures. which is why many of us are here in Western countries today.
Internal Reasons:
1.) In fighting between domestic authorities and rulers. Sadly while Islam teaches humility in leadership, that humility was mainly conveyed in theory. Only the intellectuals made an effort to reflect such a character trait. The leaders were as ego maniacal as any other leader, even today. These divisions allowed external powers to uproot Islamic primacy. Oh our short sightedness.
2.) Materialism, the focal points were only for material growth than intellectual growth. In my opinion, I feel there's a paradox between the two I feel that if you focus on intellectual growth, material growth follows automatically due the fact you make better decisions. However if you focus on material growth, your intellectual growth suffers and your material lags behind, because you aren't focused on management and decision making.
3.) The Rise of Narrow-Mindedness, After the Mongol invasion a New Current of thinking swept over the Muslim lands, which just promoted a narrow attitude about everything in regards to religion. They're not "literalists" but superficialists really. Muslims for many centuries sought the deeper essence of the Qur'an while this movement discouraged that.
in Summary, Islam had benefited the world in many ways, it's just the people stopped applying it.
Of course many will argue that the proliferation of the Near East was inevitable, with or without Islam. Or that the advances achieved were not due to Islam as a religion but the ambition of the individuals that made them.
But I disagree, whether Islam is truly a source of divine guidance or not. Islam established the structure, the principles, the ethics and organization which facilitated the expansion of knowledge. Islam told people "where to look" to gain information, stressing observation over simply JUST believing.
So what happened to the Muslims? how did they lose their way? Why are they so destitute, backwards, unproductive, absent of knowledge and achievement now? Not just now but for hundreds of years?
The reasons are complex, Both Internal and External.
Some External reasons:
1.) Mongol Invasion, destroyed virtually every major store of knowledge from Khwarzem to Damascus. Who knows? Maybe some of the great Muslim thinkers developed Abstract Mathematics, The details of Computer Algorithms. Maybe Muslims had their own Alan Turing?
2.) The crusades, much the same story, but with a twist, rather than burn everything they literally stole vast libraries of books in Arabic and then had them translated to Latin This actually became the foundations for modern Chemistry.
3.) Colonialissm, Muslims were actually on a path to recovery and started opening their doors to European trade. This actually turned out to be their own undoing. After the ascent of European dominion over Muslim lands, Muslims became disadvantaged, then successively upward mobility was only granted by conforming to European structures. which is why many of us are here in Western countries today.
Internal Reasons:
1.) In fighting between domestic authorities and rulers. Sadly while Islam teaches humility in leadership, that humility was mainly conveyed in theory. Only the intellectuals made an effort to reflect such a character trait. The leaders were as ego maniacal as any other leader, even today. These divisions allowed external powers to uproot Islamic primacy. Oh our short sightedness.
2.) Materialism, the focal points were only for material growth than intellectual growth. In my opinion, I feel there's a paradox between the two I feel that if you focus on intellectual growth, material growth follows automatically due the fact you make better decisions. However if you focus on material growth, your intellectual growth suffers and your material lags behind, because you aren't focused on management and decision making.
3.) The Rise of Narrow-Mindedness, After the Mongol invasion a New Current of thinking swept over the Muslim lands, which just promoted a narrow attitude about everything in regards to religion. They're not "literalists" but superficialists really. Muslims for many centuries sought the deeper essence of the Qur'an while this movement discouraged that.
in Summary, Islam had benefited the world in many ways, it's just the people stopped applying it.
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