So what you're saying is Middle Eastern people weren't influenced by Islam...
Interesting.
Read my post again. I said "Islam, meaning the political extremist Muslims seeking to making the world submit to Allah.
Not Middle-Eastern people."
How you comprehended this to mean "So what you're saying is Middle Eastern people weren't influenced by Islam," displays your lack of reading comprehention.
But, for the sake of argument, lets go with it.
Oh, my all means, point out where in the Quran where it says to invent algebra, coffee, and string instruments.
And since when are inventors a direct reflection of their faith?
In that case, shall we start comparing all major inventions of the last 2000 years and split them between Christian, Jewish, and Muslim?
So... Muslims have coffee, algebra, and libraries - stringed instruments are very debatable if they can take credit for it.
Everything else... the printing press, the alphabet, all scientific research, fossil fuel engine, space travel, electricity, democracy, the internet, all electronic advancement, every literary masterpiece, every top 1000 albums, and everything else you can name split between Christian and Jewish faiths.
And, where in the Old and New Testiments does it say to invent all if that? And if it doesn't, perhaps faith and inventions have nothing to do with eachother.
Perhaps another way the meme can be interpreted is the
values and principles promoted upon the populations that adopted Islam. Good luck arguing Islam has been a net benefit toward the freedom and prosperity of those communities.