Comments on: Ottoman’s were Developing Winged Rockets in the 1500’s CE http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/ A Traditional Muslim's Blog: Reality > Theory Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:41:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: George Carty http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-33115 George Carty Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:33:16 +0000 http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-33115 So it was the nature of the Arabic script itself which hobbled the development of printing in the Muslim world? Was the Shari'ah prohibition on depicting living things in art ultimately to blame (by steering the Islamic art tradition heavily in the direction of calligraphy)? So it was the nature of the Arabic script itself which hobbled the development of printing in the Muslim world?

Was the Shari’ah prohibition on depicting living things in art ultimately to blame (by steering the Islamic art tradition heavily in the direction of calligraphy)?

]]> By: Ayman Fadel http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-33098 Ayman Fadel Sun, 09 Dec 2007 16:14:32 +0000 http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-33098 Regarding issue of the printing press, check out http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200704/keyboard.calligraphy.htm, http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198102/arabic.and.the.art.of.printing-a.special.section.htm, http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199903/revolution.by.the.ream-a.history.of.paper.htm, which describe the reasons why Muslims waited until the 18th century C.E. to adopt block printing. Regarding issue of the printing press, check out http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200704/keyboard.calligraphy.htm, http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198102/arabic.and.the.art.of.printing-a.special.section.htm, http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/199903/revolution.by.the.ream-a.history.of.paper.htm, which describe the reasons why Muslims waited until the 18th century C.E. to adopt block printing.

]]> By: George Carty http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-32886 George Carty Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:32:31 +0000 http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-32886 <blockquote>Sultan Suleyman ordered for it to be covered up, as he, even back then, realized the harm that would come when nations like today were to have access to such technology. He realized then that if this type of knowledge fell into the hands of the wrong people, they would destroy not only each other, but all of humanity with it. And this is where we are today.</blockquote> Sounds rather like why Robert Oppenheimer opposed development of the H-Bomb...

Sultan Suleyman ordered for it to be covered up, as he, even back then, realized the harm that would come when nations like today were to have access to such technology. He realized then that if this type of knowledge fell into the hands of the wrong people, they would destroy not only each other, but all of humanity with it. And this is where we are today.

Sounds rather like why Robert Oppenheimer opposed development of the H-Bomb…

]]> By: Ijtema » Winged Rockets in the 1500’s CE http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-32011 Ijtema » Winged Rockets in the 1500’s CE Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:25:32 +0000 http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-32011 [...] points out to an article which suggests that the Ottoman were developing Winged Rockets in the [...] [...] points out to an article which suggests that the Ottoman were developing Winged Rockets in the [...]

]]> By: yursil http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-24565 yursil Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:25:40 +0000 http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-24565 WalaikumAssalam, JazakAllah for your comments! Abdallah, I am very interested in where Shaikh Abdul Hakim Murad pointed that out as I have also learned that from my Shaikh.. Was it in a text or a lecture? WalaikumAssalam,

JazakAllah for your comments! Abdallah, I am very interested in where Shaikh Abdul Hakim Murad pointed that out as I have also learned that from my Shaikh.. Was it in a text or a lecture?

]]> By: Abdallah B. Stickley http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-24555 Abdallah B. Stickley Wed, 04 Apr 2007 02:14:59 +0000 http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-24555 As Salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakhatu: I'm also reminded of the ban on printing religious texts by the Ottomans. As Abdal Hakim Murad noted, it was to preserve the veracity of the oral transmission of texts, not as a backward, Luddite means of preserving temporal power. Great, interesting post. As Salamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakhatu: I’m also reminded of the ban on printing religious texts by the Ottomans. As Abdal Hakim Murad noted, it was to preserve the veracity of the oral transmission of texts, not as a backward, Luddite means of preserving temporal power.
Great, interesting post.

]]> By: HijabMan http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-24550 HijabMan Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:01:03 +0000 http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-24550 interesting post... interesting post…

]]> By: Hakkani7 http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-24546 Hakkani7 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:54:21 +0000 http://www.yursil.com/blog/2007/04/ottomans-were-developing-winged-rockets-in-the-1500s-ce/#comment-24546 BismillahirRahmanirRahim, Mash'Allah! BismillahirRahmanirRahim,

Mash’Allah!

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