University Wire, October 19th, 2005
University Wire 10-19-2005 (Daily Utah Chronicle) (U-WIRE) SALT LAKE CITY -- Leonard Chiarelli, an assistant University of Utah librarian specializing in the Middle East, said many European countries receive recognition for inventions and ideas that originated in Islamic civilizations in a speech Monday. The speech, "Islamic Contributions to the West," kicked off Islam Awareness Week at the Union's East Ballroom. The Netherlands is famous for its windmills and Switzerland is notorious for banking practices, but Chiarelli said that both originated in Islamic countries and were brought to Europe...
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