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  1. February 01, 2008, 09:27 PM #1
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    who was the wisest of them all, lets exclude the prophet of course, im talking about subsequent scientists/philosophers

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  2. February 01, 2008, 10:23 PM #2
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    Ibn Khaldun.

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    Jankren, Averroes, Avicenna ...


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    Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī without a doubt.

    The father of algebra.

    I hate him for creating it, so many nights have been stolen from me by that witch they call "Mathematics."



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    Ibn al nafis,Abu al qusim,Ibn rished, Al zharwi.too many to list .All had a major part in there field of study.


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    who was the guy who did the first flight in 1200? jumped off a tower with a hanglider I think he was persian.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chaigidel View Post
    who was the guy who did the first flight in 1200? jumped off a tower with a hanglider I think he was persian.
    Abbas Ibn Firnas. He was a Spanish Moor from Cordoba and he made two attempts at gliding, one with a large cloak (?!) in 852 and another with fixed wings in 875. The English medieval monk Eilmer of Malmesbury made a similar flight of about 200m in around AD 1000.
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    Dr. Nucholish Madjid ranks up there.
    “The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.”

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    Abbas I for me, just did a paper on him
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    Ironically I think its Mustafa Kemal. He has changed political thinking forever.
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    Well, wouldn't muslims be forced to say Muhammad was the greatest Muslim..?
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    Quote Originally Posted by _Pontifex_ View Post
    Well, wouldn't muslims be forced to say Muhammad was the greatest Muslim..?
    No, all the prophets are equal, for without one there wouldn't have been the next etc.


    To the Op's original question. Define Muslim, you mean a submitter to god or a follower of Islam?
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    I excluded that in the opening !--- other than the prophet who is the greatest!, good shots all esp the algebra guy, pretty central stuff there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chaigidel View Post
    I excluded that in the opening !--- other than the prophet who is the greatest!, good shots all esp the algebra guy, pretty central stuff there.

    good, we wouldnt want any blasphemy here
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    me, except i am not a Muslim. lols ~ if you get my drift
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    Kemal Ataturk!


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    uhm.... alhazen (not sure of the spelling)?

    I just remember him from civ4, optics you know...
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    Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab at-Tamimi...
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  19. February 03, 2008, 02:44 PM #19
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    Amir Khan
    Heh, nahh.

    The one who created algebra, not sure if he's been mentioned already.
    My maths teacher is a muslim, so he doesn't shut up about him.
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    seriously, i remember reading about some great islamic alchemist whilst browsing, but i can’t remember their names ~ they were way ahead of their time.
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