Frank wrote on May 15
th, 2026 at 9:43pm:
Since you've repeatedly failed to back up your claim of 'bollocks' let's take a closer look:
The Independent: "2 The ancient Greeks thought our eyes emitted rays, like a laser, which enabled us to see. The first person to realise that light enters the eye, rather than leaving it, was the 10th-century Muslim mathematician, astronomer and physicist Ibn al-Haitham."
What do other sources say?
"Ibn al-Haytham (born c. 965, Basra, Iraq—died c. 1040, Cairo, Egypt) was a mathematician and astronomer who made significant contributions to the principles of optics and the use of scientific experiments... Ibn al-Haytham’s most important work is Kitāb al-manāẓir (which) contains the correct model of vision: the passive reception by the eyes of light rays reflected from objects, not an active emanation of light rays from the eyes."
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ibn-al-HaythamAnd if you think the Encyclopedia Britannica is not a reliable and trustworthy source you are a moron.
The Independent: "4 A thousand years before the Wright brothers a Muslim poet, astronomer, musician and engineer named Abbas ibn Firnas made several attempts to construct a flying machine...Baghdad international airport and a crater on the Moon are named after him."
What do other sources say?
"Abbas ibn Firnas (c. 810–887 CE) was an Andalusian polymath of Berber origin, celebrated as an inventor, engineer, chemist, physician, astronomer, poet, and musician during the Islamic Golden Age in Al-Andalus.[1] Best known for pioneering aviation technology, he constructed and piloted one of the world's earliest recorded attempts at heavier-than-air flight in 875 CE, using a winged glider made from wood, silk, and feathers, which allowed him to glide for several minutes before a rough landing that inspired later designs with stabilizing tails... Firnas's aviation endeavors, detailed in an 11th-century historical manuscript, involved observing birds and constructing a winged glider launched from a hill near Córdoba, achieving a flight witnessed by contemporaries but ending in injury due to the absence of a tail mechanism for controlled descent.[2] His innovations influenced subsequent inventors and earned posthumous recognition, including a crater on the Moon named in his honor by the International Astronomical Union in 1976."
https://grokipedia.com/page/Abbas_ibn_FirnasThe Independent: "7 The crank-shaft is a device which translates rotary into linear motion and is central to much of the machinery in the modern world, not least the internal combustion engine. One of the most important mechanical inventions in the history of humankind, it was created by an ingenious Muslim engineer called al-Jazari to raise water for irrigation. His 1206 Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices shows he also invented or refined the use of valves and pistons, devised some of the first mechanical clocks driven by water and weights, and was the father of robotics. Among his 50 other inventions was the combination lock."
What do other sources say?
"al-Jazarī was a Muslim inventor. He is remembered for his automaton designs, including water-operated automatons... Leonardo da Vinci is said to have been influenced by the classic automatons of al-Jazarī."
https://www.britannica.com/biography/al-JazariThe Independent: "10 Many modern surgical instruments are of exactly the same design as those devised in the 10th century by a Muslim surgeon called al-Zahrawi. His scalpels, bone saws, forceps, fine scissors for eye surgery and many of the 200 instruments he devised are recognisable to a modern surgeon. It was he who discovered that catgut used for internal stitches dissolves away naturally (a discovery he made when his monkey ate his lute strings) and that it can be also used to make medicine capsules. In the 13th century, another Muslim medic named Ibn Nafis described the circulation of the blood, 300 years before William Harvey discovered it. Muslims doctors also invented anaesthetics of opium and alcohol mixes and developed hollow needles to suck cataracts from eyes in a technique still used today."
What do other sources say?
"Abū al-Qāsim al-Zahrāwī and Al-Taṣrīf li-man ʿajaz ʿan al-taʾālīf (c. 1000 ce): Abū al-Qāsim al-Zahrāwī, a medieval surgeon of Andalusian Spain, compiled a comprehensive medical encyclopedia, Al-Taṣrīf (“The Method”), which contained a section dedicated to surgery. The work detailed procedures such as tonsillectomy and tracheostomy and described surgical instruments, including scalpels and forceps. Abū al-Qāsim also pioneered the use of catgut for internal stitching and cauterization for the treatment of hemorrhage (bleeding)."
https://www.britannica.com/science/History-of-Surgery-A-TimelineAgain, if you think the Encyclopedia Britannica is not a reliable and trustworthy source you are a moron.
So there's just a few which vindicate The Independent.
The Encyclopedia Britannica uses glowing terms like, "significant contributions to the principles of optics"; "one of the most important mechanical inventions in the history of humankind" and "central to much of the machinery in the modern world"
I could go on.
Now what are you going to say?
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