Reddit reviews Ibn Taymiyya Against the Greek Logicians

I've started reading "Against the Greek Logicians" by Ibn Taymiyya. It's very complex, on the level of graduate philosophy. A very difficult read, maybe easier in Arabic. I have the translated version English version. http://www.amazon.com/Ibn-Taymiyya-Against-Greek-Logicians/dp/0198240430

I despise these people and this kind of thinking specifically, religion has consolidated power and justified genocide which has done nothing but harm the entire human race, and it continues to do so.

However if I may say 1 thing, the Islamic golden age which dated from the 8th to the 14th century was supported by Islamic doctrine that was interpreted as being supportive of scientific pursuit. The House of wisdom in Baghdad welcomed anyone from any background to translate everything to the language of learning of the time, Arabic. here's a link to some of the verses and reasoning behind this claim


That being said, it was the Islamic reawakening that brought about the end of the Islamic golden age, the Mongols burned the libraries but they didn't impact the fire of learning and tolerance in the hearts of the middle easterners. The teachings of the likes of ibn taymiyya and earlier examples of people that linked science to heretical belief became more and more popular.
Ibn taymiyya who is widely regarded today as a "great" Islamic scholar had a problem with logic . This ofcourse following the "Sunni Revival" or "Recentering" which paved the way for the abandonment of observable science for the sake of mysticism and delusional thinking.

For further reading I recommend learning about the different Islamic philosophies of the asharites and mu'tazilites . The asharites want you to accept everything as an act of God without question and the mu'tazilites want you to search and use logic and reason, both philosophies come from Islamic texts, I'll let you guess which thinking won in the end.