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Correspondence
Nature 414, 249 (15 November 2001) | doi:10.1038/35104781
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Science is universal, not part of any religion
Edgar Pick1
- Julius Friedrich Cohnheim–Minerva Centre for Phagocyte Research, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
Abstract
Islam fostered its rise and can be proud that it has now grown beyond any one culture.
In your Opinion article "Fighting against terrorism, engaging with Islamic science" (Nature 413, 235; 2001) you tell readers that, as scientists, we can do more for the societies engaged in the present "conflict" (a noble euphemism for an unprovoked attack on civilians), and that the indiscriminate killing of innocents is not the consequence of a clash of civilizations.You state: "many Islamic scholars and leaders have emphasized that the murder of the innocent is as offensive to their beliefs as to anyone else's".
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