Re: Distinction between Medicine and Governance/Banking in Muslim societies
No not totally in that vien…there is no doubt the advances in modern medicine … in wiping out dangerous deseases like small pox and polio…yet on the other hand take the case of American Indians…all the years till Columbus landed they did not have small pox and other deadly plagues!..may be they did and no one new what they were or kept any records!
But one study has found that children growing up bare foot have better coping immune systems than those raised always wearing shoes and in fully paved surroundings…
So in essence the body has a very capable immune system if only we let it do it’s job!..but that you might argue is survival of the fittest…
So we need medicine and corrective surgical techniques for the rest.
Your point about us Muslims not making significant advances in Medicine lately is correct…no fault of our religion though…we are advised to seek knowledge where ever we can find it!