ANKARA: The Muslim world’s academic dominance declined after its ancient scholars rejected the pursuit of secular knowledge, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Speaking at the Council of Higher Education Ankara here, Dr Mahathir said the rejection caused the Muslim world to fall to Western colonialists and was eventually weakened.
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