I had a lonely childhood, I was the only kid for my family, and I was close to only very few of my cousins, until now I have cousins that I’ve never met, and I don’t know their names! *true story*
That childhood has haunted me during my teenage days and it’s still haunting me until now. yeah, that’s true. It’s so difficult for me to make soft and friendly conversations, the harder I try, the more awkward I look, I’ve even tried googling how to make a friendly conversations, but when I tired to implement it, i looked like a freak. lol.
One story I still remember, and I’m sure i will never forget, is my first crush on a girl.. She was my classmate, I was like 12 back then, I tried to approach her, but I guess I was too straight forward, that she went to tell the teacher, who told our social supervisor, and she came to me and talked to me about it, this is school and if i want to approach a girl it shouldn’t be that way, it’s not polite, blablabla.. After that it was so extremely awkward between us two. lol. That thing made me stop hanging out with girls, for more than 5 years, I stopped loving any, I didn’t have close girls friends. Everytime I try to approach one, I get hesitant and sweaty, and I don’t know what to say. lol.
Until now, I can’t make attractive conversations with girls, not even with guys. lol. that mostly end me up with my laptop and games. which is quite sad, but at least it makes me happy, and i won’t get my feelings hurt. That’s how simple i want it to be..
It’s been a while since I’ve posted something in here, some people have already ‘unfollow’-ed me, maybe coz they figured there is nothing interesting in here; well, I don’t really care, as long as i have some people who still here spending sometime checking out my blog, even though it’s very empty and pale, maybe that’s just the way my life is for the meanwhile, or maybe since forever? I don’t really remember the last time I had colorful life, or the last time I laughed my ass off. I’ve been passing through this dark tunnel that I seem not to see an end for it.
Anywaaaaaaaaaayyyyy, aside all of this bad thought, I just wanna thank all the people who are still following me, and wanna say U GUYS ROCK! :)
I am so paranoid with you..
Yes, lets imagine a world WITHOUT MUSLIMS, shall we?
Without Muslims you wouldn’t have:
- Coffee
Cameras
Experimental Physics
Chess
Soap
Shampoo
Perfume/spirits
Irrigation
Crank-shaft, internal combustion engine, valves, pistons
Combination locks
Architectural innovation (pointed arch -European Gothic cathedrals adopted this technique as it made the building much stronger, rose windows, dome buildings, round towers, etc.)
Surgical instruments
Anesthesia
Windmill
Treatment of Cowpox
Fountain pen
Numbering system
Algebra/Trigonometry
Modern Cryptology
3 course meal (soup, meat/fish, fruit/nuts)
Crystal glasses
Carpets
Checks
Gardens used for beauty and meditation instead of for herbs and kitchen.
- University
- Optics
- Music
- Toothbrush
- Hospitals
- Bathing
- Quilting
- Mariner’s Compass
- Soft drinks
- Pendulum
- Braille
- Cosmetics
- Plastic surgery
- Calligraphy
- Manufacturing of paper and cloth
It was a Muslim who realized that light ENTERS our eyes, unlike the Greeks who thought we EMITTED rays, and so invented a camera from this discovery.
It was a Muslim who first tried to FLY in 852, even though it is the Wright Brothers who have taken the credit.
It was a Muslim by the name of Jabir ibn Hayyan who was known as the founder of modern Chemistry. He transformed alchemy into chemistry. He invented: distillation, purification, oxidation, evaporation, and filtration. He also discovered sulfuric and nitric acid.
It is a Muslim, by the name of Al-Jazari who is known as the father of robotics.
It was a Muslim who was the architect for Henry V’s castle.
It was a Muslim who invented hollow needles to suck cataracts from eyes, a technique still used today.
It was a Muslim who actually discovered inoculation, not Jenner and Pasteur to treat cowpox. The West just brought it over from Turkey
It was Muslims who contributed much to mathematics like Algebra and Trigonometry, which was imported over to Europe 300 years later to Fibonnaci and the rest.
It was Muslims who discovered that the Earth was round 500 years before Galileo did.
The list goes on………..
Just imagine a world without Muslims. Now I think you probably meant, JUST IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT TERRORISTS. And then I would agree, the world would definitely be a better place without those pieces of filth. But to hold a whole group responsible for the actions of a few is ignorant and racist. No one would ever expect Christians or White people to be held responsible for the acts of Timothy McVeigh (Oklahoma bombing) or Andreas Brevik (Norway killing), or the gun man that shot Congresswoman Giffords in head, wounded 12 and killed 6 people, and rightly so because they had nothing to do with those incidents! Just like the rest of the 1.5 billion Muslims have nothing to do with this incident!
Sources:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/how-islamic-inventors-changed-the-world-469452.html
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-01-29/world/muslim.inventions_1_hassani-inventions-muslim?_s=PM:WORLD
http://www.ummahedinburgh.co.uk/radio/files/Muslim-Invention-Article.pdf
(via dainty-dream)
