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Earlier, coffee helped Sufis stay up during late devotion nights. Later brought to Cairo by some students, the coffee buzz soon caught on. without Muslims? no Starbucks for you babes.
The elephant clock was a medieval invention by al-Jazari consisting of a weight powered water clock in the form of an Asian elephant. without Muslims? the watch you're flexing is gone lol
Ibn al-Haytham used a dark chamber he called “Albeit Almuzlim,” translated into Latin as “camera obscura”. without Muslims? no selfies for you xo
without Muslims? your flights and travel dreams? yeah that's gone too.
Muhammad al-Idrisi drew a map of the world in Sicily in 1154 and it is said to be one of the most advanced ancient world maps. without Muslims? you'd be so lost :/
"if all Muslims died, so would your playlist" - Al-Kindi
Khiva (Khawarizm) in Uzbekistan, the birthplace of the mathematician Al-Khawarizmi & learning center during the golden age of Muslim civilization.
not to mention the endless philosophers avicenna, al-farabi, al-ghazali, ibn al-haytham that inspired all the thinkers who came after them.
I've actually visited this place, Fatima Muhammad Al-Fihri Al-Quraysh founded the Qarawiyyin mosque and madrasa in Morocco
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