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The claims that [[Islam]] had a remarkable golden age are often exaggerated, and are not well supported by physical evidence.

The claims that [[Islam]] had a remarkable golden age are often exaggerated, and are not well supported by physical evidence.

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==Archaeology and the lack of an Islamic Golden Age==

==Archaeology and the lack of an Islamic Golden Age==

Who or what had caused this? As O'Neill notes, by the 1920s Belgian historian [[Henri Pirenne]] had located the proverbial "smoking gun"; but it was not in the hands of the Barbarians or the Christians: it was held by those who, even then, it had become fashionable to credit with saving, rather than destroying, Classical Civilization: the Arabs.<ref>[http://www.islam-watch.org/iw-new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=138:europes-dark-age-islams-golden-age&catid=92:john&Itemid=58 Europe’s Dark Age and Islam’s Golden Age: Two Facets of The Same Fiction?]</ref>

Who or what had caused this? As O'Neill notes, by the 1920s Belgian historian [[Henri Pirenne]] had located the proverbial "smoking gun"; but it was not in the hands of the Barbarians or the Christians: it was held by those who, even then, it had become fashionable to credit with saving, rather than destroying, Classical Civilization: the Arabs.<ref>[http://www.islam-watch.org/iw-new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=138:europes-dark-age-islams-golden-age&catid=92:john&Itemid=58 Europe’s Dark Age and Islam’s Golden Age: Two Facets of The Same Fiction?]</ref>

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==The Darker Impact of Islam on Europe==

==The Darker Impact of Islam on Europe==

 

O'Neill (2009) relates how most historians are cowed into silence by modern political correctness, avoiding the facts that the Islamic philosophers who did make valid contributions were considered apostates from Islam in their day, and that the real impact of Islamic philosophy is seen in the paranoia of war in Europe:

O'Neill also relates how most historians are cowed into silence by modern political correctness, avoiding the facts that the Islamic philosophers who did make valid contributions were considered apostates from Islam in their day, and that the real impact of Islamic philosophy is seen in the paranoia of war in Europe:

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==Further reading==

==Further reading==

* Graham, Mark. ''How Islam Created the Modern World''  (2006)  [ excerpt and text search] argues there was a golden era

* Graham, Mark. ''How Islam Created the Modern World''  (2006)  [ excerpt and text search] argues there was a golden era

* Lombard, Maurice. ''The Golden Age of Islam'' (2003), argues there was a golden age

* Lombard, Maurice. ''The Golden Age of Islam'' (2003), argues there was a golden age

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