There's a company in the UK called "1001 INVENTIONS". This company lies and deceives and I exposed this. I showed what the lies are and why they are lies. I showed what reality is and how their stories are fabrications and only sly tactics to generate influence and introduce Islamic propaganda into the classrooms of children. There are others who also noticed this and have equally exposed their deceptive tactics and have ridiculed their pretty stupid claims.
The company did not like that. As many Muslims do, they instantly applied censorship, blocking me from participating in any kind of civilised or rational discussion.
As I have stated before, they claim that there was a Golden Age of Islam roughly 1000 years ago, when most scientific achievements were made and the ground stone was lain for today’s technology and scientific achievements.
In my videos I have already pointed out that it was neither a Golden Age nor was anything spectacular discovered or invented by Muslims due to Islam, as not only Muslims contributed to the advancements that did happen and that these were developments of existing knowledge.
Yes, there were great people who made great contributions to mankind almost 1000 years ago.
Yes, the level of development was remarkable.
Yes, the researchers following that era based a lot of their work on the findings of the Arab scientists.
Yes, the centre of development and the height of technological advances was Baghdad.
Were 1000s of manuscripts with scientific or analytical contents translated from all sorts of countries, civilisations and languages into Arabic? Yes.
Was any ground-breaking or mind-boggling discovery made? No.
Was any stupendous application developed? No.
That happened later, when people like da Vinci, Galileo, Kepler, Leibniz or Newton started using both their brain cells.
But what happened in Baghdad or in Spain was good, solid work establishing facts and providing accurate descriptions of our natural world.
What "1001 INVENTIONS" is claiming is that Muslims were the ones "making breakthroughs that have left their mark on our world"
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| http://www.1001inventions.com/future |
Do they specify what exactly was discovered or invented by Muslims in the 7th century? No!
They announce DVD's and what they call "Education Packs", which anyone interested can purchase from them. These things come with a hefty price tag. Anything and everything is associated with money. Is their material worth the money? No, of course not. They promise the world and then deliver primitive propaganda.
They manage only a handful of examples, vague examples, like the first
university or the first to drink coffee. When researching the claims we
find that the university was a Madrassa, a school where the Koran was
taught and that a real University like the University of Constantinople was founded in 425 CE
by Emperor Theodosius II of the Byzantine Empire, long before Islam came
around and coffee developed over centuries in different regions.
They mention "detailed" maps but fail to mention that they put Spain just around the corner from China. They don't mention that Biruni did not sail around the world but simply copied what others had done before him and stated: "Supposed regions do exist beyond the [known] remaining regions of the world." Is this a "detailed" map?
1001 INVENTIONS mention "winged flight" on page 10 of their book, "1001 Inventions and Awesome Facts from Muslim Civilization", geared towards kids. They don't mention that this was about a guy who covered himself in feathers from some eagles, jumped off a tower and broke some bones and still survived. Their source? According to the professor of medieval history, Lynn Townsend White, it was a poem mocking this fool, where Mu'min ibn Said wrote: "He surpassed in velocity the flight of the ostrich, but neglected to arm his body with the strength of a vulture". But "1001 INVENTIONS" somehow see this as winged flight, make it look like something we today would recognise as resembling a hang-glider and call it a "replica". A replica of what? A replica of something that does not exist and never has existed?They mention mechanical clocks, forgetting that they had existed for 100s of years, the same being true of the "camera obscura". This goes on and on and anything they claim is either a lie or so obscure that it's mundane, like the fact that the ritual washing in Islamic prayer made Muslims wash their hands and walls had to be higher than a camel rider to protect their privacy.
They mention chess when anyone can find the Islamic texts in the form of hadith, condemning it (“He who played chess is like one who dyed his hand with the flesh and blood of swine.“ S Muslim 28:5612). So they tone it down, writing "we don't know if it began in India or Persia". So why write about it in the first place if you don't know?
In their book "1001 Inventions: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Civilization" on page 46 they mention the name of al-Razi. Anyone familiar with Islam and its scholars knows that Al-Razi hated Islam and mocked the Koran, so "1001 INVENTIONS" are lying again, automatically making every Arab sounding name a Muslim.
Sad. But many people believe their claims. Uncritically.
The UK-based company called "1001 INVENTIONS" is presenting itself as an educator, delivering knowledge, when, in reality, this is just Islamic propaganda. That is what I exposed. That is what I demonstrated and provided evidence for. That is what the truth does.
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| Copyright infringement notification by YouTube |
Now they are stepping up their campaign to silence me by trying to get my videos addressing their claims regarding an Islamic Golden Age - which have been running since 2012 - banned and taken down by filing false copyright infringement claims. But I show not only the claims of "1001 INVENTIONS" but more general claims as well, made by Muslim apologists.
They, "1001 INVENTIONS" are making 2 claims:
1. I am using their copyrighted material
2. I am using their protected brand name
This is, of course, dishonest, ludicrous and outright stupid.
My video, "1001 Inventions or 1000 Lies?", runs for ~25 minutes, or 1500 seconds. Out of that time, roughly 20 seconds are showing a segment in the background without audio from a marketing video "1001 INVENTIONS" released. I am commenting this video orally as well as with text throughout my critique, showing how dishonest it is, without showing any more of it.
The United States Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) makes provision, in section 107, for "fair usage" of copyrighted works for reporting, educating, commenting, satire or criticism without acquiring permission from the rights holder.
So even if this video and the other material I am using to make my case WERE copyrighted, I would still legally be able to show what it is I am talking about using this material.
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| Material for public and media use |
The material I am using, including the video portion, is found on the 1001Inventions.com web site with other freely available marketing stuff for, what they label as: "public and media" use.
http://www.1001inventions.com/official_videos
They call this
"Authorised video/film clips for public and media use in this page"
And that is what I duly used.
What is strange is that others on Youtube are blatantly using material which is watermarked as copyrighted material not for reproduction as is demonstrated in the picture on the left - but the company doesn't seem to mind. Is it because it is someone praising them?To me, it seems they are applying double standards here.
The second claim they make is that I am using their brand name.
What rubbish!
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Does that mean I am not allowed to mention the name or write a sentence with the number and the word it it? No! Of course not.
Does that mean I am not allowed to show their logo or their name? No! Of course not.
I am not making any commercial use of either. It's like commenting on a Mercedes car. I can comment on it and show the company products - even if it has their name and logo on it - I just can't sell products with their name and logo on it or pretend I am them or acting on their behalf.
Writing a book about them or making a video about them is not illegal and is not "using" their brand name or violating their rights in any way.
Unfortunately, the Google strategy is not geared towards a balanced and objective reporting standard, but only protecting itself from any kind of legal entanglement.
That is why people like me who are the victims of false claims still get punished first and then asked: what happened? I am presumed guilty until I can prove my innocence. Because Google can't be bothered to assign resources to these cases. I suppose it costs money to do that, so why worry about a balanced and fair treatment!?
My video demonstrating the fakery around a fighter plane in the Islamic Republic of Iran was removed when Muslims flagged it as containing "misleading commercial information". Hilarious - but sad when you consider that the people in Google who defended the action actually agreed with the false flagging. Not caring about the truth or facts, just avoiding the constant niggling by Muslims, avoiding free speech along with it.
When it comes to the professional whining and playing the victim by these Muslims, free speech and legal considerations are of secondary priority. Welcome to reality.
Addendum:
"1001 INVENTIONS" show their true, childish, dishonest disposition by deleting the buttons where press and public could freely download marketing material.
The links were removed and replaced by a link to a page where you can now order material. They probably think this gives them more control over their lies and deceptive materials.
