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RE:RE:Woman and islam
by The Bombay Boy on Sep 11, 2007 04:53 AM

Your statements shows your ignorance. The word Al Jabr is an Arabic word and He was the inventor of Algebra. Just go through a list of Muslim scientist name changed by the Europe;
Latinized/English Name       Arabic Name
Achernar        Akhir al-Nahr
Acrab        Aqrab (Scorpion)
Altair        Nasr al-Tair
Daneb        Dhanab al-Dujajah
Denebola        Dhanab al-Asad
Fomal Haut        Famm al-Hut
Algebra        al-Jabr
Algorism, Algorithm       Al-Khawarizmi
Zenith        Cenit
Azimuth        Al-sumut
Cipher, Zero        Sifr

Arabic Name        Latinized/English Name
Jabir Ibn Haiyan Geber
Al-Khawarizmi        Algorism, Algorithm
Al-Kindi        Alkindus
Al-Battani        Albategnius
Al-Farghani        Al-Fraganus
Al-Razi        Rhazes
Al-Farabi        Al-Pharabius
Abu Al-Qasim Al-Zahravi       Albucasis
Al-Haitham       Alhazen
Abu Al-Hasan Al-Mawardi       Alboacen
Ibn Sina       Avicenna
Ibn Zuhr       Avenzoar
Ibn Rushd       Averroes
Al-Zarqali       Arzachel
Al-Bitruji       Alpetragius
Al-Sufi       Azophi
Ibn Bajah       Avempace
Ali Abbas       Hale Abbas

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