Individual liberty or societal damnation – a simple choice
From the Blog pakteahouse *By Javed Hassan* Muslims are rightly proud of great thinkers who emerged from the Islamic milieu of the so called Islamic Golden Age. Avicenna, Omar Khayyám , Averroes, Razi, and many more not only carried forward the Greek tradition of rational enquiry but also innovated and brought about new discoveries. We should rejoice the greatness that was once there, and the potential that we might still have to achieve such heights again. However, before that happens we need to ask ourselves the question that Dawkins posed to all of us, 'why are there only ten Muslim Nobel laureates compared to thirty from Trinity College Cambridge/". It's worth noting that there are some two hundred plus Jewish recipients of the prize. Why has there been virtually no major scientific contribution fpakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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