See "Islam; Empire of faith" video

Library of Congress

Dome of Jefferson's Building

Crediting foundation of Physics to Islam

Islam was necessity to the development of humanity. It came to raise humankind to higher levels of awareness and civilization.
For example, European Renaissance didn’t begin in Italy, but rather in the Muslim Sicily.

Part 1: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4222791480425043142&hl=en

Part2: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7502243539190558658&hl=en

Part 3: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=94144204270367302&hl=en

Some interesting books:

The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Arab-Conquests-Spread-Changed/dp/0306815850/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b

God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393064727/ref=s9sdps_c2_14_img4-rfc_p-frt_p-3215_g1-3102_p?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1ZJB9JJ7GZY3XJJ24G1P&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=436516001&pf_rd_i=507846

How Islam Created the Modern World http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590080432/ref=s9sdps_c2_14_img3-rfc_p-frt_p-3215_g1-3102_p?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1ZJB9JJ7GZY3XJJ24G1P&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=436516001&pf_rd_i=507846

Forgotten history

Islam: Empire of Faith, A must-see PBS documentary:

http://www.pbs.org/empires/islam/

Al-Idrisi's map

Suggested reading:

Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists

Review"Mathematics, astronomy and medicine; those are three of the many disciplines that would not exist in their present form without the contributions of Muslim scholars and thinkers throughout the centuries. We in the West don’t often remember that."—Aaron Schachter, Anchor, BBC "The World" --This text refers to the Paperback edition

buy at Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Lost-History-Enduring-Scientists-Thinkers/dp/1426200927