The Arab-Iranian Decade
Saudi thinker Ibrahim Al-Bulaihi asks: What have Arabs and Muslims contributed to human civilization in the past 200 years? Almost nothing. He continues: Some might say our ancestors contributed, but those who contributed were individuals who represented themselves, outside the mainstream.
Saudi thinker Ibrahim al-Bulaihi says: What have Arabs and Muslims contributed to human civilization over the past two hundred years? Almost nothing. He continues: Some may argue that our ancestors contributed, but those who contributed were individuals who represented themselves, and were outside the Arab cultural framework of their society, such as Ibn Rushd (Averroes), Ibn al-Haytham, and Ibn al-Nafis. The judgment should be based on the majority and the prevailing trend, not on individuals, i.e., on the dominant culture. …
Translated by Qiyas from القبس — Original source
