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loverwife:

[image description: photo with white text; photo is of New York City when the Twin Towers still stood; text reads “IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT MUSLIMS”]

littlelalune:

Yes, lets 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

• Anesthesia

• Windmill

• 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

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 without those pieces of filth. 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 Andreas Brevik (Norway killing), or the gun man that shot Congresswoman Giffords in head, wounded 12 and killed 6 people, and rightly so because they had nothing to do with those incidents! Just like the rest of the 1.5 billion Muslims have nothing to do with this incident!

Sources:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/how-islamic-inventors-changed-the-world-469452.html

http://articles.cnn.com/2010-01-29/world/muslim.inventions_1_hassani-inventions-muslim?_s=PM:WORLD

http://www.ummahedinburgh.co.uk/radio/files/Muslim-Invention-Article.pdf

this ought to shut people up for a long time

icecreamisbetterwithafork:

I make up my mind that nobody can excite me by insulting words or deeds, and that nobody can influence me by praise to think I am greater than I am.

—-Paramahansa Yogananda

graceinplace:

chocolate peanut butter squares

for the love of god, these look amazing.

graceinplace:

what a weekend.

i’ll just say we had our own series of hangover-type events friday night.

which we attempted to piece together throughout the day saturday.

and turned around and did all over again that evening.

so many laughs. so many great memories. so many reasons to smile.

hercreativityportal:

themommymemoirs:

anayamia:

ACCURATE. <3 lol, and it’s not because we don’t clean, cuz Lord knows we do! >.<

in that case i’m a great mom… lol

Yay. I’m so glad for the approval. Who cleans their oven anyway?

twohippiechic:

umcanyounot:

edatrix:

leighhimel: (via My Style Pinboard / simple blueprint)

 the wrong usage of the word “lose” on this poster makes me want to stab someone.

 What she said.  I zeroed in on “loose” and got annoyed.

graceinplace:

strawberry lemon bars | perfect for summer