There's a popular belief going around in some circles that science in the ancient Arab

Islamic world was halted by certain Islamic clerics, notably one named Abu Hamid Al-Ghazali.

Previously, they'd been enjoying the golden age of science, inventing algebra, numbers,

and naming most of the stars we see.

Is it true that the Islamic religion is responsible for this great loss to science?

That's coming up next, Unskeptoid.

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