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Jahiz and racial stereotypes[edit]

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https://books.google.com/books?id=9vW6AAAAIAAJ&q=jahiz+basra+turks+soldiers+persians+kings+chinese+craftsmen&dq=jahiz+basra+turks+soldiers+persians+kings+chinese+craftsmen&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fMikVOXoKIT4ggSA1gE&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAQ

https://books.google.com/books?id=4KlAAAAAIAAJ&q=jahiz+basra+turks+soldiers+persians+kings+chinese+craftsmen&dq=jahiz+basra+turks+soldiers+persians+kings+chinese+craftsmen&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fMikVOXoKIT4ggSA1gE&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg

https://faculty.unlv.edu/curryj5/HIST739/history730slaveryreadings.pdf

https://prezi.com/mi2mettiev-k/ancient-china/

http://backtothecivilizations.weebly.com/shang-dynasty.html

http://ladyksden.0catch.com/palaceguard/culture.html

http://kep.org.sa/en/SpotLightsDetails.aspx?NewsID=50385

http://english.islammessage.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?articleId=674

http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200504/the.seas.of.sindbad.htm

http://www.alhewar.org/ArabCivilization.htm

Rajmaan (talk) 04:53, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Evolution[edit]

Per several discussion above, I've just removed:

In a discussion broadcast by ABC. the palaeontologist and practising Muslim Gary Dargan said that al-Jāḥiẓ had made observations that described evolution: "Animals engage in a struggle for existence; for resources, to avoid being eaten and to breed. Environmental factors influence organisms to develop new characteristics to ensure survival, thus transforming into new species. Animals that survive to breed can pass on their successful characteristics to offspring."^[1]^{[dubious – discuss]}

In addition to the above discussion, I think if he really were a precursor, there'd be academic sources saying so William M. Connolley (talk) 21:17, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, History_of_zoology_(through_1859)#Medieval_and_Islamic_knowledge does have such sources, or at least it purports to; I wouldn't be shocked to discover they're wrong. They were added by an anon [1] William M. Connolley (talk) 21:21, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Gary Dargan, Intelligent Design, Encounter, Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Darwinism section missing[edit]

Something very suspect has gone on this article. Where is the content on Darwinism? --Hausa warrior (talk) 07:20, 29 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Zanj section delete it,[edit]

The Zanj section is wrong from a to z, firstly the term Zanj at this period of history was used to refer to all Sub-Saharans, and not just Swahili Coast, Zanj can even be translated as Negroid or Negro. And secondly Al Jahiz described them very negatively.

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"Like the crow among mankind are the Zanj [African Blacks] for they are the worst of men and the most vicious of creatures in character and temperament." Jahiz, Kitab al-Hayawan, vol. 2

"They [the Shu`ubiyya] maintain that eloquence is prized by all people at all times - even the Zanj, despite their dimness, their boundless stupidity, their obtuseness, their crude perceptions and their evil dispositions, make long speeches." Jahiz, Al-Bayan wa`l-tabyin, vol. 3

"We know that the Zanj (blacks) are the least intelligent and the least discerning of mankind, and the least capable of understanding the consequences of actions." Jahiz, Kitab al-Bukhala (The Book of Misers). 2A02:8428:809E:6701:FC81:36D4:EB58:C3C1 (talk) 13:30, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

[1] Gary Dargan, Intelligent Design, Encounter, Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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