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al-Biruni

In Our Time

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I Think He's a Good Moslem, and for Him, Islam Is the Perfect Religion

Alberuni is special. He does stand out by his intellectual curiosity, but i think one would want a callan counterbalance to that. I think where he's unique is in taking it so much further and writing such a lengthy book about the belief systems and chronology and cosmology of the indians. They're not cannon follow they're not just to be looted and carted off. They have system which is well worth examination and consideration. But i think one can exaggerate the i mean, obvious, we were already saying that mahmud was bringing hindo elite back to rasna. So obviously he's not simply killing everyone,. you know, he mahmud does recognize

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