tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18369530.post4167584902871774206..comments2023-06-29T13:25:30.567+02:00Comments on The Editrix' Roncesvalles: This is incredible! Must watch!The_Editrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07529769143608862966noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18369530.post-71608947871353268892009-06-29T15:07:59.915+02:002009-06-29T15:07:59.915+02:00We call the numerals "Arabic" as well in...We call the numerals "Arabic" as well in German and for the same irrational reason.<br /><br />However, I think the point Malek was making is that even IF Arabs invented the zero and the numerals, what does it matter when they are for one and a half millenium now such a bunch of pathetic losers? The point whether they really invented them or not is mute. That is what I always think if people are waxing lyrically about past Islamic merits.The_Editrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529769143608862966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18369530.post-58618881345550650742009-06-29T14:54:36.726+02:002009-06-29T14:54:36.726+02:00Didn't the Hindus "invent" the zero?...Didn't the Hindus "invent" the zero? Similarly, the only thing the Arabs have to do with our numerals is that they passed it on to us from India. Why do Americans then still call them "Arabic numerals" when their true origin has been known since the Raj?<br /><br />On the other hand, I am amazed at some of the stuff MEMRI translates (and I don't just mean the teaching kids to kill Jews). We would never see some of the debates they have on TV in the UK. As long as they don't insult Allah or Mohammad they seem to have more freedom of speech than us (at least when they're sitting in London broadcasting to the ME from satellite and out of reach of the dictators).Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16188916507325085818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18369530.post-6662077968211292232009-06-29T09:50:58.080+02:002009-06-29T09:50:58.080+02:00Maybe just an honest man?
But then, wasn't Un...Maybe just an honest man?<br /><br />But then, wasn't Uncle Tom?The_Editrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07529769143608862966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18369530.post-61650056360582669412009-06-29T07:52:33.424+02:002009-06-29T07:52:33.424+02:00Hmm. A Muslim "Uncle Tom". Hmm.Hmm. A Muslim "Uncle Tom". Hmm.Terry Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00166609562028309038noreply@blogger.com