What Caused the Decline of Muslim Civilization?
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- We often hear about the unity of the ummah and how that drove progress. But this idea is poorly, if at all, understood by most people. The reasons given for the rise and fall of Muslim civilization often do not meet the test of history and rigorous analysis.
In this episode, we are going to try to understand the causes of its dramatic rise and sustained decline.
To help us understand this complex topic, Uzair Younus spoke to Dr. Ahmet T. Kuru Professor of Political Science at San Diego State University. Dr. Kuru is the author of the fantastic award-winning book Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison and his works have been translated into Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, French, Indonesian, and Turkish.
You can purchase his book on Amazon using this link - www.amazon.com...
So much perspective!
The part about authoritarian control of intellectual and business classes by state and military is quite relevant today in Pakistan too.
Yeah this is core point of discussion,sepration of power between three institutions ,scholars,state,business class .
Fascinating discussion. Would definitely be picking up his book soon.
Internet is definitely bringing a positive change in Pakistan. Fact that I otherwise wouldn't be exposed to these sort of discussion or the vast amount of ebooks is a testament to that.
Thank you Uzair for broadcasting this session. Actually I started reading his book. After watching it I will be able to understand it better.
I’ll have to dedicate another hour to listen this again. This is that good!
What a brilliant discussion!
Wow, wow!! More power to both of you.
so basically its not an Islamic civilization, its an Arab civilization. which had whole range of ideas and people.
Not really? There was Persian and turks? Did we not watch the same video?
When religion become powerful than state, That country is destined to be doomed. Mullahs rejected Printing press as Mullahs were in business of calligraphy. In madrasas their students for free write Quran that Mullahs sold to public at premium prizes. Mullahs feared they would be out of business if printing press came. Similarly today, Afghanistan and other mulim countries mullahs dont want next generation learn science or philosophy so that commoner don't question their authority.
Who else is here after listening to Dr Kuru on the Pakistan experience?
This is a fantastic conversation. Thank you Mr Younus for posting it.
Hopefully internet will be the printing press of Muslim countries.
You need to add the indexing will help
Fascinating discussion