Sweet heart you got me wrong…. That was me being sarcastic about how Islamic world has been thought about….
Please follow the complete chain of comments before replying in that way…
Maybe the comment did not completely reflect what i intended…sorry :(

Schools here totally ignore the rest of the world. They teach as if your accomplishments only matter if you are/helped to settle America, with a few dabs of ancient history thrown in from Rome and Greece. Everyone else are referred to as “barbarians” and their accomplishments/history/cultures are ignored entirely.

–Indeed, exactly why 4/5 of Americans are ignorant to the world around them (Lived here my entire life so I can vouch for that stat 100%, but I’m also not saying that most people in any other country AREN’T just as ignorant about the world as Americans since I haven’t lived around them).

You are right Ambarish, India invented Zero. You can see the Documentary “Story of Maths” for more information.
But the reason why they are called the ‘Indo-Arabic Numerals” is because you must see the language of Semetic Middle East, especially Arabic in their language for you it will be evident that the characters that represents numbers are picked from Arabic.
Also see Documentary “Science & Islam” for more information…

But if we can bridge any gap (in case there is any) be friends I never mind Proclaiming to the world: INDEED ALL NUMERALS ARE INDIANS, WHAT NUMERALS? EVERYTHING THE WORLD KNOWS AS KNOWLEDGE BELONGS TO INDIA

Cheers Man!

Ambarish is right. Please see the Documentary “Story of Maths”
It was indeed Indians that invented Zero. I say this because I am Indian, I say this because it is a true fact.
Apart from the reasoning & evidence that the presenter of the documentaries gives, let me mention: The native languages of India inherently consists of a script that has lot of zeroes in it. For Example: Please Google for: Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malyalam. It will be evident.

As a Muslim we must Remember:

“Knowledge is not any persons or civilizations personal property that they need to dispute about it”
And this was the true ideological approach of the then Muslim World that gave them the free thinking to accumulate knowledge from all corners of the world without any biases.
We too must adopt the same. If some claims that something you did was theirs(unless it does not harm your bread & butter) wholeheartedly give it to them the credit. If we can make a friend with such a small sacrifice, we must surely be the first to grab such opportunity. That s the first step in setting Peace…

“truth”

Muslims whether they belong to any times or climes = LOSERS-BARBARIANS-GOAT SMELLING NOMADS-ILLITERATE-WOMEN BEATERS-TERRORIST(Latest) it is outrageous how can they be called scientist or people who developed a civilization.

“truth”
All that is muslim world & all that is to some part or most part black world, third world countries, colonial countries excetra = LOSERS

“truth” – GOOD GUYS

ONLY SCIENTIST-ONLY SCHOLARS-ONLY PHILOSOPHERS-ONLY TRUE HISTORIANS-ONLY MATHEMATICIANS & all that can be found good in this world = Great Greeks, Great Romans ————THERE IS NO MISSING LINK —————— Christians, Europe, America, whites, blacks only when favored by whites.

“truth”

These Muslims, blacks, third world countries, colonial countries just dont get the point that is they are worth nothing. They are born or rather breed to be good & serve the GOOD GUYS.

If they need freedom = Serve the “Good guys”

If they need to know goodness = follow the “Good guys”

If they need to understand the world = follow the “Good guys”

If they need to know how better they are from Animals = follow the “Good guys”

If they need to have a religion = follow the “Good guys”

AND BETTER STOP SAYING: “WHATEVER “GOOD GUYS” DO & SAY IS FALSE.

You need Salvation – Believe them – because only someone’s blood & flesh can liberate your soul(in case you have one). Make Clear your efforts, good deeds, kindness, inventions & discoveries(if any) weights to Nothing in the Sight of Your Lord – Only thing that will matter is a holy someone & the flesh & blood of that holy(In case you have one)

You need Liberation & want to the know “TRUE WORLD/REALITY”(just in case you need to know) = Believe them – because they are the gods of this world, there is no such God whatsoever that you have been conveyed by those prophets of yours, they too were losers & they were “Good Guys” haters…

THE UNBIASED ULTIMATE TRUTH…NOW PEACE PREVAILS!!! SO WHITE, SO LIBERATING, SO TRANQUIL, SO GODLESS….

I have seen this documentary long ago. I only came here to see HOW the commentators have turned it into a political debate about Islam, whether its the root of terrorism, evil and ignorance or the perfect source for the perfect society. Hahaha, remember I didn’t say I came here to see IF people have fired the debate, I said HOW. Since I know that a debate surely would take place.

For the fundamentalists (either side) I am not even going to argue with you… like trying to explain it to a child… here we go: If you believe in an idea to the point where you have made it a cornerstone of your life, you can hardly be convinced otherwise. Let alone that its a mere attempt via a freaking comment section, duh! add to the fact that you are most likely writing your comment to an other person, who has also made the fact a cornerstone, well, the same fact but looking at it the opposite. Such a person will only find facts to support his/hers ideology, not the other way around. I can go on and on about this. Give you examples to support AND attack any belief you name. And I mean any one!

And to all of you who go “this makes me proud to be a Muslim” think again. Making such a comment doesn’t show us how “proud” you are but rather how pathetic. One can not take pride in things he/she didnt participate in. Its no less pathetic than the youth in NewYork who are “proud” to be born there. Give me a break! Oh, and by the way, doesnt Islam teach that we should avoid a trap such as Pride? Next thing you know is that you are better than anybody else… in your own mind at least.

Lastly I want to share a small thought with You guys. I shouldn’t have to mention it since (at least I hope) many people have got it already and made each one a bit wiser. “You will see the truth, and the truth will set you free”
This is the truth piece guys… Omg I don’t even know how to put down such a simple thing. Lets just say that wen we look at inventions, we should look to them in a perspective uniting all humans and history altogether. It makes the evolution of thoughts so much faster when you simply get an invention from somewhere and and just use it, or improve it for your special needs. So should All the civilizations of the world through everything they have, and start inventing things from scratch? “you didn’t invent this in your city, you got to rebuild it” Cant you see how retarded that sounds?!
Our world today, looks the way it is because of history of inventions and discoveries from all over the world. Some inventions where even there to satisfy a horrible need, or to avoid something horrible. Yet we today take for granted.