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I refer to the letter Whimsical interpretation of Islam wrong .

With reference to the contents of the above letter by Abdul Rahman Abdul Talib, allow me to clarify that the Arabic numeral system was not actually created by the Arabs. The Arabic numeral system actual originated from the Indians .

On a related note, Dr Syed Alwi Ahamd says : 'It may interest Abdul Rahman to know how little the Muslim world has contributed to modern science'. What he is trying to say is how little the Muslim world had contributed to the world - not the Arabs. Arabs are not the equivalent of the Islamic or Muslim world.

This, in my opinion, is the real problem in Malaysia. Instead of spreading the good points of Islam as a religion, what we see is the 'Arab-isation' of the Malay culture. This is what makes the non-Muslims uncomfortable.

Come on, wake up! We are now living in the 21st century. Muslims' achievements have been stagnant ever since few hundreds years ago while others have progressed. Even then, most of the well-known achievements by Muslim occurred in the developed countries of the Western world.

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