However, we should recognise and appreciate people who pushed forward the boundaries of knowledge and provided foundation for future research in so many different areas, without them we wouldn't be where we are now. They shouldn't be undermined because they were Muslims. Last November in the UK I heard an emeritus professor of philosophy (who taught philosophy at Oxford) saying that he lately saw work of Ibn Arabi, which changed his whole approach to philosophy.
You are right Brit.
However, we should recognise and appreciate people who pushed forward the boundaries of knowledge and provided foundation for future research in so many different areas, without them we wouldn't be where we are now. They shouldn't be undermined because they were Muslims. Last November in the UK I heard an emeritus professor of philosophy (who taught philosophy at Oxford) saying that he lately saw work of Ibn Arabi, which changed his whole approach to philosophy.