Rima Khairani Muhi
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A NEW BEGINNING
Islam is one of the world’s great
religions, one of history’s most
important civilizations, and one
of the foundational cultures of
the West. .
AWESOME IDEA
When the Quran was finally written
THE
GENIUS
down, the Muslim belief that those
particular Arabic words were divine
sparked an intense interest in writing.
OF ISLAM
REPETITION IS GOOD
FOR SOUL
Repetition, stylization, intricacy, and
precision became hallmarks of the art
of the Muslim world. Surfaces were
covered with lush expanses of repeating
and overlapping designs of almost
unbelievable complexity.
THINKING UP
Islamic architecture is utterly distinct:
a skyline of mosque domes and
minarets looks like nothing else on
earth. Islamic architecture is also,
arguably, the world’s most influential
building style.
INSIGHT
Use a camera, microscope, telescope,
binoculars, projector, or glasses, thank
Islam. These inventions exist because of
several fundamental discoveries made by
medieval Islamic scientists about the
workings of the eye and the nature of light.
CRANK IT UP
Few things are more fundamental to
modern civilization than the automobile,
and few things are more fundamental to
the automobile than the crank-and-
connecting-rod mechanism, a
thirteenth-century Muslim invention.