the "islamic golden age" was really a translation movement started by persian iranians who translated greek texts, they overran the greek library at alexandria and then sought to take credit for pre-established knowledge, claiming they "invented" everything.   o-arabic_translation_movement it's interesting that the work of avicenna (ibn sina) in the fields of medicine and logic was already done prior by aristotle and hippocrates. avicenna's theology was also a re-write of plotinus ideas with an islamic overtone. as he came to re-tread more ground already made by southern europeans, he openly admitted the abject failure of afro-asiatic consciousness, such as denying physical resurrection, claiming the prophets were nothing more than "inspired philosophers", and stating that allah is not omniscient. for that he was accused of blasphemy by ibn qayyim al-jawziyya, abu al-ghazali, and other semitic scholars.  averroes (ibn rushd) was also influenced by the greeks. he claimed that truth could only be discovered by reason and logic, not religious texts. averroes was accused of blasphemy and forced into exile within marrakesh. cont'd
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