Renaissance for Muslims
In 1492 the Muslim Moors were defeated at Granada by the Catholic army of Isabelle of Spain. When this happened and even before that during the Muslim rule in Spain, modern scientific knowledge had been transmitted to the European continent from the Muslim scholars. This was the accumulated knowledge in Physics, Chemistry, Logic, philosophy etc of those that came before the Muslims such as the Greeks and others as well as the advanced knowledge created by the Muslim thinkers and scientists such as Jabir Bin Hayan and others.
The obvious question arises that if the Muslims were that advanced why they went into dark ages after the defeat in Granada , Spain.
The answer lies in the following statement.
A systematic pre-meditated plan was put in place by the Muslim kings with active help of the Islamic Clergy to strangulate and stifle reason and creative thought.
The purpose was to maintain and secure the political hegemony of various Arab dynasties and groups in power.
And how did they do it ?
Well , with the active cooperation of the Islamic Clergy and the Arab rulers legitimized their edicts by judicious and selective use of Hadith.
The specific aim was to control and contain REASON by issuing edicts backed by the Hadith to cover every minute aspect of human life and to prevent anyone from indulging in independent thought process.
Since in every Muslim’s life everything had to be according to the directives of the Quran and Hadith- and Quran was unchangeable-( could not be altered).
A whole lot of people came forward with various Hadith since being associated with a Hadith was a great honor and everyone wanted such honor to become part of the Elite and aristocracy.
The Ummayad and Abassid kings felt that this was the best way to control the population and address the issue of their illegitimacy. So the great potential of a new civilization to explore new horizons was stunted.
If you have any doubts about this theory – just look at the Muslim countries of today. In spite of many of them having been under the colonial rule/ political influencing of Western European countries- the same stifling atmosphere of those by gone days remains. The role of the Islamic Clergy today as an anti-intellectual and anti-progressive political force persists. A substantial part of the Muslim populations are being held intellectual and spiritual hostage by these political forces.
And their main weapon is to disallow reason and promote dogma.
