Inventions 101;
This is some fact I wanted to share with you guys. In the last Geneva 37th Inventor’s Fair, the top 11 inventors were Saudis’! They weren’t only males, there was a good number of females…interesting. So where is the level of science at in the Muslim World?
Most of you know how in the Islamic world the West is perceived as the lands of invention and civilization, but if one would take the time and do some good research, he/she can easily find a good number of muslim inventors all around the world. So not only we were the inventors of the past, but we are also the inventors of the present and the future (I hope). This article in the Saudi Gazette is a good example on how great is our potential. If 11 Saudis won the top prizes in the 37th Geneva Inventor’s Fair, think about how many prizes Muslims can bag if there were participants from all around the Muslim World. You could also think about Muslims around you in UBC. Almost all of them go into Engineering or Science. Although we know a lot of them were pressured by their families to do so (haha), they still graduate and become high quality Muslim labour. From a macroeconomic perspective, good education means increasing the standard of living over the long run. Are we in an “Islamic Renaissance”?
Mohamad