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Reader comment on item: On New York's "Khalil Gibran International Academy"

Submitted by nadia (Pakistan), Oct 25, 2007 at 02:16

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu-Arabic_numeral_system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_zero
"The first documented use of zero in the Hindu-Arabic numeral system occurred towards the end of the 9th century. However, the Arabic numerals were totally unknown in Europe until about the end of the first millennium and were not generally used before Renaissance time."

I suppose wikipedia is forcing Hinduism and Islam on people by projecting this well-known (well among Academic circles) fact.

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" Self " absence of logic [451 words]YnnatchkahJul 10, 2008 02:42
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↔ Moral decay in education. [144 words]CatarinJul 12, 2008 20:39
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↔ Relgion vs. Ideology [99 words]Rochelle MichaelsMay 3, 2008 19:53
Dhabah makes it to the front page on the NYT [60 words]dhimmi no moreApr 28, 2008 18:32
GIBRAN [37 words]GhaliyehApr 6, 2008 13:49
↔ Brooklyn's Maronite Christians [48 words]GWKApr 28, 2008 17:24
On Holly Ann Reichert [100 words]Doc TaterFeb 6, 2008 18:29
Tell her I bring the horoscope myself: One must be so careful these days.
[w/response] [177 words]		Kenneth KraszewskiJan 17, 2008 01:29
↔ explain [20 words]zodiacloveOct 7, 2008 16:22
Theater Of The Absurd...That We Must Take Seriously [275 words]GeoffJan 10, 2008 10:40
Intrinsic Discrimination [194 words]YnnatchkahJan 10, 2008 02:07
Try to be constructive, please [160 words]The Northern WindJan 8, 2008 22:38
Muslim Conquests of Intellectually Superior People Whose Knowledge Was Then Attributed To Muslim Conquerers [89 words]RickNov 20, 2007 19:29
↔ Few things from islam [130 words]VijayNov 21, 2007 04:59
⇒ About zero [63 words]nadiaOct 25, 2007 02:16
↔ A study on Value of zero [25 words]Nishad.T.MAug 12, 2008 04:50
Almontasser Playing Victim to get a Job: Incompetent. [152 words]YnnatchkahOct 19, 2007 00:37
The Bi Lingual Arabic School [315 words]Titania JonesOct 1, 2007 11:32
I heard today the ACLU is going to take it [10 words]JuanitaSep 4, 2007 23:20
Gibran rolling in his grave [129 words]SamiAug 23, 2007 10:58
Donation
[w/response] [39 words]		john heffronAug 17, 2007 12:28
Chris Matthews and America's "Inability" to Connect with the Muslim World [712 words]gary fouseAug 16, 2007 23:30
Leave Khalil Gibran Alone [71 words]JosephAug 14, 2007 08:59
↔ reply [61 words]Mike FosterDec 3, 2007 14:57
↔ "Leave Khalil Gibran Alone" II [198 words]JosephDec 5, 2007 09:35
The value of the Khalil Gibran School [382 words]Gabeely AmreekyAug 13, 2007 00:05
↔ Muslim Schools in America [114 words]Iftikhar AhmadAug 28, 2007 17:15
↔ Our dear Iftikhar Ahamd, rabina yaftakhiru bi3ilmihu and Basil Bunting and anemia [283 words]dhimmi no moreAug 29, 2007 07:00
↔ response to iftikhar ahmad [71 words]gary fouseSep 2, 2007 14:02
↔ Gibran Academy [56 words]gary fouseSep 2, 2007 14:07
↔ Response to dhimmi no more [269 words]ommSep 4, 2007 18:05
↔ Our dear Omm and big Islamic falsafa [88 words]dhimmi no moreSep 6, 2007 07:35
↔ Our dear Omm and Q14:4 [102 words]dhimmi no moreSep 6, 2007 07:44
↔ To onm [164 words]VijaySep 6, 2007 10:09
↔ Our dear Omm al-faylasoofa al-kabeera (assuming that you are netaya) and the name of our dear Iftikhar [131 words]dhimmi no moreSep 6, 2007 18:49
↔ to dhimmi [231 words]ommSep 7, 2007 04:01
↔ For Our dear Omm and Islam is the religion of the Arabs and you ain't no Arab part deux [253 words]dhimmi no moreSep 8, 2007 06:50
↔ For Our dear Omm and Islam is the religion of the Arabs and you ain't no Arab part trois [237 words]dhimmi no moreSep 8, 2007 07:02
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↔ For our dear Omm and gem time part deux [257 words]dhimmi no moreSep 8, 2007 11:17
↔ For our dear Omm and gem time part trois [161 words]dhimmi no moreSep 8, 2007 11:44
↔ Programming? [36 words]EdNov 9, 2007 12:42
↔ intrinsically disordered... [174 words]donvanNov 21, 2007 16:19
↔ Compliments of the Season [30 words]Iftikhar AhmadDec 21, 2007 13:29
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Islamist and Liberal Jewish Stupidity, side by side. [94 words]YnnatchkahAug 11, 2007 18:51
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Exposure to Islam [171 words]Richard GoodmanAug 7, 2007 13:56
called islamic terror school [279 words]davidJul 26, 2007 14:59
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↔ You're right, "the title doesn't matter". [118 words]MosheJun 7, 2007 07:24
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Come on Mr.Pipes - Don't mislead us.
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↔ Patricia Crone [130 words]nadiaOct 27, 2007 18:08
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any other Arabic speakers/students who'd like to work on getting non jihadi Arabic classes in schools?
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Shame on Board of Education. [225 words]NonnaMar 21, 2007 09:52
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On New York's "Khalil Gibran International Academy"
[w/response] [522 words]		John Abi-HabibMar 16, 2007 23:01
↔ Response to John Abi-Habib [148 words]J CampbellMar 18, 2007 09:55
↔ Concept of Zero [223 words]John Abi-HabibMar 28, 2007 09:07
↔ Dear Readers [34 words]Adel AttiyehSep 23, 2008 10:01
The Fallacy of the scarcity of Arabic Speakers. A plot by public agencies. [1630 words]YnnaMar 16, 2007 21:33
Arabic School [44 words]Herb JuristMar 16, 2007 20:17
Qui s'excuse.....! [397 words]Nick4693Mar 16, 2007 19:08
Pre-2003 Arabic Instruction at USF
[w/response] [345 words]		DanteAmongtheHypocritesMar 16, 2007 17:08
↔ D E P O R T A T I O N [57 words]KatJun 11, 2007 22:26
↔ Problem with the quality of Arabic language instruction, or the quality of translations? [432 words]James VesceJun 26, 2007 20:35
Sounds like Charter schools in the south [235 words]jMar 16, 2007 17:06
Academia [47 words]Steven LMar 16, 2007 17:00
Zero [13 words]enkayMar 16, 2007 16:19
Islamic academy [253 words]Ayodhya Prasad TripathiMar 16, 2007 13:10
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Asian culture and Arabic language- [105 words]RitaSue SiegelMar 16, 2007 11:21
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↔ Kahlil Gibran was a christian [173 words]OlieApr 18, 2007 00:15
Arab Christians [23 words]DennisMar 11, 2007 09:37
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↔ science should be used in right way [33 words]srikar karatlapalliApr 23, 2007 11:46
↔ real truth about zero [77 words]siddiqui sarfarazNov 30, 2007 10:36
↔ Zero was invented by Indian the grate Ramanujadhasar [12 words]mglnApr 6, 2009 13:14
↔ The nr. zero was invented independently in India and by the Ramanujadhasar [130 words]MouguilanApr 6, 2009 13:28
Therefore, such an Arabic-language school needs to be established under special scrutiny. [352 words]ynna(tchkah)Mar 8, 2007 23:55
Not much hope [55 words]S JainMar 8, 2007 13:15
↔ its deja vu all over again [56 words]david gMar 8, 2007 18:30
They contributed less than 0... [322 words]Archimedes2Mar 8, 2007 08:45
↔ Very well Said Archimedes2 [3 words]YnnaTchkahMar 8, 2007 23:59
Learning Arabic [191 words]dhimmi no moreMar 8, 2007 06:52
↔ A LITTLE BIT OF MECCA IN THE US... [38 words]DONVANMar 9, 2007 17:15
↔ Liked what you wrote. [245 words]YnnatchkahMar 10, 2007 03:29
↔ Use of Arabic [197 words]Fred SchlomkaMar 15, 2007 02:21
↔ Why not borrow from Assyrian? [361 words]Arrchimedes2Mar 16, 2007 01:59
↔ I see your point [25 words]dhimmi no moreMar 17, 2007 06:57
↔ Hebrew does not borrow from arabic [45 words]Speaker of HebrewMar 20, 2007 03:55
↔ Hebrew idioms [27 words]Fred Schlomka - speaker of HebrewMar 26, 2007 12:46
↔ Of course.. [136 words]donvanNov 23, 2007 14:00
↔ I hope, but how? To Donvan [157 words]YnnatchkahNov 23, 2007 22:19
↔ BECAUSE.. [119 words]DONVANNov 26, 2007 09:29
↔ Keep on writing. [12 words]YnnatchkahNov 26, 2007 18:49
↔ a HINDU invented zero [45 words]frustrated indianMay 3, 2008 16:17
↔ Reply to frustrated Indian [104 words]Gary R. WhiteMay 15, 2008 17:55
↔ Zero- A gift from Nagas [129 words]SasaApr 9, 2009 03:14

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