Aristotle and Islam

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It also had more than a little bit to do with the umma subjugating nations full of professional scribes and scholars with a long history of curiosity.

Yeah, but the west didn't do it. By dogma they only copied what the pope wanted. And it was almost exclusively monks doing it. It's not christianity alone being at fault for not furthering education, but it played a major role in losing knowledge. Not at Byzanz, but at every region adhering to the roman catholic dogma.