We’ve all heard the mainstream narrative about the "Islamic Golden Age"—the idea that a religious boom suddenly birthed modern algebra, optics, and medicine out of 7th-century Arabia. But if you actually look at the historical data, the reality is the exact opposite. The scientific boom wasn't caused by the religion; it was the final, brilliant sunset of the ancient civilizations that the empire conquered, which the religious establishment eventually choked out. Here is what the historical record actually shows: 1. It Wasn't an "Arab" or "Religious" Achievement The greatest minds of this era weren't Arabs, and many weren't even Muslim. Al-Khwarizmi (the "Father of Algebra") was an ethnic Persian from modern-day Uzbekistan. Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Al-Biruni, and Omar Khayyam were all Persians.They wrote in Arabic for the exact same reason Copernicus wrote in Latin—because it was the mandatory lingua franca imposed by the conquering empire. The actual brainpower belonged to the highly advanced, subjugated Persian, Greek, Syriac Christian, and Jewish cultures. 2. It Was Forcefully Funded by the Oppressed Where did the Caliphs get the immense wealth to fund institutions like Baghdad’s House of Wisdom? They extracted it directly from conquered populations through the Jizya (the discriminatory tax on non-Muslim minorities) and the Kharaj (land taxes). In a brutal historical irony, the indigenous, subjugated societies were forced to fund the very imperial machine that rebranded their ancestors' genius as an "Islamic" achievement. 3. Islam Didn't Foster the Golden Age—It Killed It While external invasions like the Mongol sack of Baghdad in 1258 did physical damage, the Golden Age died from internal cultural suicide. The religious framework actively suppressed its own rationalists: Early on, the Mu'tazilites (a school that championed Greek logic and reason) were violently crushed by orthodox Caliphs. Theologians like Al-Ghazali gained massive influence, preaching "occasionalism"—the idea that natural laws don't exist and that everything (like fire burning cotton) happens only because of immediate divine will.

Some of you might have already seen this, but Goldie was banned by YouTube from live streaming under false charges, and the YouTube management team has refused her appeals and refused to even check if her claims were right. Now I know that a lot of YouTubers have their entire career based on YouTube, but Goldie isn't fighting for her career, she is fighting for her people, and from what I've noticed there are a lot of YouTubers and influencers who are friends and allies who might try to contact YouTube on her behalf and raise hell to help her fight this, because her fight is our fight, and we need to help eachother to win this and to help the Iranian people. So please share this, because together we are strong. (Maybe even to piers Morgan, even though I still don't like him)

I think Ana Kasparian just wants to be a Jew 👀

Please stay safe and remain vigilant. Hopefully the IDF and American armies will do a great and swift job, and the islamic regime will fall with as little Iranian and Israelis casualties. Javid Shah!

Israel luanched