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"Arabic Numerals"?--they're not!
Reader comment on item: Mecca Mean Time?
in response to reader comment: West readily accepted the 'Arabic' (actually Sanskrit) numerals?
Submitted by Bruce McFarling (United States), Jun 24, 2008 at 16:18
What are known as "Arabic Numerals" actually originated in pre-Islamic india. They are not used in the Arabic language today.
See Robert Spencer's "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades), page 93. He dispels many PC myths.
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| 6 | Counterclockwise! LOL! [9 words] | Abu Nundik | Feb 26, 2009 08:41 | 151220 | |
| HILARIOUS !! [109 words] | Bjorn Free | Feb 26, 2009 01:25 | 151206 | ||
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| Correction [49 words] | Nina | Dec 19, 2008 01:20 | 128213 | ||
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| 2 |  "Arabic Numerals"?--they're not! [39 words] | Bruce McFarling | Jun 24, 2008 16:18 | 127782 | |
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| 4 | Another tablighee and another victim of Arabian imperialism [821 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 26, 2009 06:59 | 127011 | |
| 3 | Muslims and the Nobel Prize [169 words] | dhimmi no more | Aug 26, 2009 18:03 | 127011 | |
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