US’s RFK Jr claims Arabs ‘don’t produce science’: Why he’s very, very wrong
Summary
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Arabs do not produce science, win major prizes or produce literature at a campaign event in Michigan. The article describes the remarks as factually inaccurate and lists Arab scholars’ contributions to mathematics, medicine, optics, geography and literature across several centuries.Key Facts
- Kennedy made the remarks at an event supporting Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
- Rogers was running against Arab American Democrat Abdul El-Sayed for Michigan’s Senate seat, according to the article.
- The article says Arabic was a major language of science and scholarship during the Islamic Golden Age, which it dates from about 750 to 1258.
- It credits mathematician al-Khwarizmi with treating algebra as a separate discipline in a work called Al-Jabr.
- It says Ibn al-Haytham explained the role of light in human vision and is known for work in optics.
- The article credits surgeon al-Zahrawi with writing a medical encyclopedia and designing surgical instruments.
- It says Ibn al-Nafis described pulmonary circulation, the movement of blood through the lungs.
- The article also highlights poet al-Mutanabbi and geographer al-Idrisi, known for a detailed medieval world map.
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