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List of Genuine Islamic Inventions, Innovations, Records and Firsts

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Many articles (for example, "How Islamic Inventors Changed The World" and "Setting the Record Straight: The Miracle of Islamic Science") have made provably false claims, attributing various inventions, innovations and discoveries made by others to Islam and its followers. This article lists only genuine Islamic/Muslim inventions, innovations, records and firsts.

Inventions

  • The yellow badge that was to be eventually used by the Nazis against the Jews, was invented by a Muslim caliph in Baghdad in the 9th century as a variant of the zunnār belt. This then spread to the West in medieval times.[1]
  • According to Dr. K. Ajram, the author of "Miracle of Islamic Science", Muslim scholars invented racial-typing centuries before the German Johann Friedrich Blumenbach "divided mankind into white, yellow, brown, black and red peoples".[2]
  • The world's first PC computer virus, Brain.a, was created in September, 1986, by two brothers from Lahore, Pakistan, Amjad Farooq Alvi and Basit Farooq Alvi. They included their names, phone number and address in the code.[3][4]
  • The word "genocide"[5] was created in 1943, in order to describe the systematic killing of Armenian Christians by the Muslim Turks.[6][7] It is widely acknowledged to have been one of the first modern genocides,[8][9][10] and inspired the Jewish holocaust.[11]
  • The “military band” is thought to have its origins in the Ottoman military, the same military behind the Armenian Genocide, performed by the Janissary and accompanying the marching Muslim conquerors into battle since the 16th century.[12]

Innovations

  • The "Islamic tie"; registered in Iran’s Law of Registration of Patents, Industrial Designs and Trademarks, it is a tie shaped as a scimitar (a backsword or sabre with a curved blade).[13]
  • The "turban bomb"; a bomb hidden in the turban of a suicide bomber. In a case of life imitating art, this innovative use of a turban was first witnessed during a July 2011 memorial service for Ahmed Wali Karzai in an Afghani mosque, but has since been used in other suicide bombings.[14][15]
  • The "underpants bomb"; described as “ingenious” by counterterrorism officials, it is a device that incorporates plastic explosives and is worn by a suicide bomber in place of regular underwear. First used on a flight to Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, al-Qaeda planned to use an updated underpants device in another attack in 2012.[16][17]
  • The "donkey bomb"; an explosive-laden donkey that is detonated by remote control. Although donkey bombs are rare in Afghanistan, they are occasionally used by insurgents as a way of getting close to targets.[18]
  • The "butt bomb"; from the creator of the ‘underpants bomb’, an explosives device that is inserted into the rectum. First used by the bomb maker’s brother in an attack that left the bomber dead and his target only slightly injured. The National Security Center says full-body scanners may not be able to detect these anally hidden bombs. [19][20]

Innovations

  • The "Islamic tie"; registered in Iran’s Law of Registration of Patents, Industrial Designs and Trademarks, it is a tie shaped as a scimitar (a backsword or sabre with a curved blade).

Records

  • Sunni Muslims have been behind the greatest number of terrorist attacks and fatalities for three consecutive year, accounting for more than 70 percent of all terrorism-related fatalities in 2011, making Islam the world-leader in terrorism.[21][22]
  • With more than 95 percent of all suicide bombing attacks around the world being carried out by Muslims, Islam is a world-leader in producing suicide bombers.[23]
  • With 91 percent of all honor-related killings around the world being carried out by Muslims, Islam is a world-leader in producing honor killers.[24]
  • The youngest suicide bomber ever used in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan was an eight-year-old Muslim girl, and the youngest suicide bomber ever intercepted was a nine-year-old Muslim boy working for the Taliban. He was told that the Qur’an was being burned by Americans, and that the bomb would only kill infidels.[25][26]
  • The 1990 al-Ma'aisim Tunnel Stampede in Mecca was the most deadly peacetime stampede and human crush of all time, killing 1,426 Hajj pilgrims.[27]
  • The 2005 stampede during a march to a shrine for a religious festival in Iraq was the 3rd most deadly stampede in history, killing at least 965 Shi'ite pilgrims.[28]
  • The September 11, 2001 attacks were the United States and the world's most deadly terrorist attacks. The 19 Muslim aircraft hijackers belonged to the al-Qaida terrorist network. More than 3000 people, citizens of 78 countries, were killed.[29]
  • The 2004 Manila ferry bombing by the Rajah Sulaiman Movement was the Philippines' most deadly terrorist attack and the world's most deadly terrorist attack at sea, killing 116 people.[30][31]
  • The 2002 Bali bombings by members of Jemaah Islamiyah was Indonesia's most deadly terrorist attack, killing 202 people (including 88 Australians, and 38 Indonesian citizens), and injuring 240 others.[32]

Firsts

  • Muslims (including Islam's founder, Muhammad) were the aggressors in the very first religious/military conflicts between Islam and the other two most notable Abrahamic faiths; the Tabuk raid where Christian leaders were forced to pay Jizyah and submit to Islamic rule, and the exile of the Jewish Qaynuqa tribe from Medina.
  • The first ever prosecution and conviction in the United Kingdom for inciting hatred on the grounds of sexuality were of three Muslim men who distributed leaflets calling for gay men to be killed. One of the men had said the leaflets – which suggested 3 different ways to murder gay people – simply expressed what Islam says about homosexuality.[33]
  • The first ever arrest-warrant for genocide was issued by the International Criminal Court against Sudan's Muslim President, Omar al-Bashir, who is responsible for the religiously and racially-motivated deaths of millions of people.[34]
  • The first ever female European suicide bomber was a Belgian Catholic convert to Islam who detonated her explosive vest amid an American military patrol in the town of Baquba, Iraq, killing herself and wounding only one American soldier.[35][36][37]
  • The first ever suicide bombing in Bulgaria was carried out by a Muslim at a Bulgarian airport, killing seven people and wounding dozens of others. It was in reaction to the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists.[38]
  • The first ever suicide bombing in Kazakhstan was carried out by a Muslim at the head office of the state security services in the northwestern Kazakh city of Aktobe, killing the bomber and wounding three security services personnel. It was in reaction to arrests of fundamentalist Muslims.[39]
  • The first ever suicide bombing in Mauritania was carried out by a Muslim outside the French embassy, killing the bomber and wounding three people. The reason is not known but Mauritania had recently witnessed a series of terrorist attacks against "Western" interests, including the kidnapping and murder of French tourists and an American teacher by Al-Qaeda.[40]
  • The first ever suicide bombing in Nigeria was carried out by a Muslim belonging to the Boko Haram terrorist group at the Nigeria Police Force headquarters in Abuja, killing the bomber and five others. Boko Haram's stated goal is to establish an Islamic state and implement shari'ah across the country.[41][42][43]
  • The first ever suicide bombing in Pakistan was carried out by a Muslim inside a church in Islamabad, killing five and injuring 40 others. It was in opposition to the country's "pro-American ruler" (the dead and injured included American and British women and children).[44][45][46]
  • The first ever suicide bombing in Somalia was carried out by a Muslim outside the National Parliament in Baidoa, killing the bomber and five others, but missing Somalia's interim president who was the intended target. It is believed The Union of Islamic Courts (UIC), a group of "Islamist" Shari'ah Courts, were behind the attack.[47][48]
  • The first ever suicide bombing in Sweden was carried out by a Muslim in a central Stockholm district full of Christmas shoppers, killing the bomber and injuring two others. It was in reaction to Swedish troops in Afghanistan and the Swedish artist Lars Vilks' drawings of Muhammad as a roundabout dog.[49][50]
  • The first ever suicide bombings in the United Kingdom were carried out by Muslims aboard 3 London Underground trains and a double-decker bus in Tavistock Square, killing the four bombers, fifty-two civilians and injuring over 700 others. It was in reaction to "perceived injustices by the West against Muslims and a desire for martyrdom".[51][52]

See Also

  • Lists - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Lists
  • Golden Age - A hub page that leads to other articles related to the Golden Age

References

  1. ↑ Bernard Lewis, The Jews of Islam, Princeton University Press, June 1, 1987, ISBN 9780691008073, pp. 25-26.
  2. ↑ K. Ajram - The Miracle of Islamic Science - Knowledge House; 1st edition (September 1992) p. 200. ISBN 0911119434
  3. ↑ Mat Honan - Why Hackers Write Computer Viruses - Gizmodo, August 4, 2011
  4. ↑ Mikko Hypponen: Fighting viruses, defending the net - TED, July 2011
  5. ↑ Wiktionary definition of genocide
  6. ↑ Coined by Raphael Lemkin, 1943; Hyde, Jennifer (2008-12-02). "Polish Jew gave his life defining, fighting genocide". CNN. 
  7. ↑ Interview with R. Lemkin in the UN implying that the term "Genocide" was invented to describe the killing of a race or group, including Armenians, "because it happened so many times".
  8. ↑ Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Resolution, April 24, 1998.
  9. ↑ Ferguson, Niall (2006), written at New York, The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West, Penguin Press, ISBN 1594201005.
  10. ↑ (PDF) A Letter from The International Association of Genocide Scholars, Genocide Watch, 2005-06-13, http://www.genocidewatch.org/images/Turkey-_13Jun05ErdoganletterAmericanHistoricalAssociation.pdf .
  11. ↑ Mark Tran - The spectre that haunts Turkey - The Guardian, October 11, 2007
  12. ↑ Bowles, Edmund A. (2006), "The impact of Turkish military bands on European court festivals in the 17th and 18th centuries", Early Music (Oxford University Press) 34 (4): 533–60
  13. ↑ Islamic tie!!! - Mideast Youth, November 16, 2010
  14. ↑ Jon Boone - Kandahar mayor killed by suicide bomber with explosives in turban - The Guardian, July 27, 2011
  15. ↑ Lianne Gutcher & Dean Nelson - Turban bomber kills former Afghan president - The Telegraph, September 20, 2011
  16. ↑ Paul Cruickshank, Tim Lister & Nic Robertson - Al Qaeda's bomb-makers evolve, adapt and continue to plot – CNN News, May 8, 2012
  17. ↑ Duncan Gardham - British secret agent was al-Qaeda mole who cracked new 'underpants' bomb plot - The Telegraph, May 10, 2012
  18. ↑ Donkey bomb kills Afghan police chief - The Telegraph, August 7, 2012
  19. ↑ Oliver Moore - Who is alleged al-Qaeda underwear bomb-maker? - The Globe and Mail, May, 8 2012
  20. ↑ Nick McMaster - Forget Underwear, Fear the Butt Bomb - Newser, January 7, 2010
  21. ↑ Edwin Mora - Sunni Muslim terrorists committed “about 70 percent” of the 12,533 terrorist murders in the world last year - CNS News, August 3, 2012
  22. ↑ 2011 Report on Terrorism - National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), June 2012
  23. ↑ Amir Lechner - “Changing Tack” The Ever-Changing Profile of the Suicide Bomber - INTERSEC Magazine, March 2007
  24. ↑ Phyllis Chesler - Worldwide Trends in Honor Killings - Middle East Quarterly, Spring 2010, pp. 3-11
  25. ↑ Lukas I. Alpert - Taliban terrorists force 8-year-old girl into suicide bombing at police checkpoint in Afghanistan – NY Daily Times, June 27, 2011
  26. ↑ Ben Farmer - Taliban recruiting nine-year-old suicide bombers - The Telegraph, May 15, 2011
  27. ↑ Top 10 Deadly Accidents & Disasters - The List Blog - Top 10, October 7, 2009
  28. ↑ Iraq stampede deaths near 1,000 - BBC News, August 31, 2005
  29. ↑ September 11 The worst international terrorist attack ever - U.S. Department of State, accessed September 14, 2012
  30. ↑ Matthew Harwood - Piracy and Terrorism Up on the High Seas, Says Study - Security Management, June 6, 2008
  31. ↑ Matthew Thompson - The other war against terror ... at $8 a day - Sydney Morning Herald, July 20, 2005
  32. ↑ Bali death toll set at 202 - BBC News, February 19, 2003
  33. ↑ Esther Addley - Muslim men accused of hate crime over anti-gay leaflet – The Guardian, January 10, 2012
  34. ↑ Sudan: ICC Warrant for Al-Bashir on Genocide - Human Rights Watch, July 13, 2010
  35. ↑ Rashmee Roshan Lall - Europe's first woman suicide jihadi - The Times of India, December 2, 2005
  36. ↑ Craig S. Smith - Raised as Catholic in Belgium, She Died as a Muslim Bomber - The New York Times, December 6, 2005
  37. ↑ David Rennie - Face of Europe's first woman suicide bomber - The Telegraph, December 2, 2005
  38. ↑ Nicholas Kulish & Eric Schmitt - Hezbollah Is Blamed for Attack on Israeli Tourists in Bulgaria - The New York Times, July 19, 2012
  39. ↑ Kazakhstan’s first-ever suicide bomber attacks security forces - Central Asia Newswire, May 17, 2011
  40. ↑ 2009 Nouakchott suicide bombing - Wikipedia, accessed September 16, 2012
  41. ↑ The Story Of Nigeria's First Suicide Bomber - BluePrint Magazine, June 27, 2011
  42. ↑ First suicide attack hits Nigeria - Global Post, June 17, 2011
  43. ↑ Boko Haram - NigeriaExchange, accessed September 15, 2012
  44. ↑ Amir Mir - Pakistan: The suicide-bomb capital of the world - Asia Times Online, September 16, 2011
  45. ↑ Surinder Rana - Emerging Reconciliation Amidst Continuing Military Impasse - Center for Contemporary Conflict (CCC), Strategic Insights, Vol. I, Issue 6, August 10, 2002
  46. ↑ Luke Harding - Church raid may have been suicide attack - The Guardian, March 19, 2002
  47. ↑ Mustafa Haji Abdinur - Somalia on the brink as suicide attack hits government seat - AFP, November 30, 2006
  48. ↑ Somali leader survives bomb blast - BBC News, September 18, 2006
  49. ↑ Per Nyberg - Explosions in Stockholm believed to be failed terrorist attack - CNN, December 12, 2010
  50. ↑ Laura Roberts - Sweden reacts to first ever suicide bomb attack - The Telegraph, December 13, 2010
  51. ↑ Solving Britain's first suicide-bombing - The Economist, July 14, 2005
  52. ↑ 7 July Bombings: The investigation - BBC News, accessed September 15, 2012
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