Tweet by Amine Mechaal @AmineMechaal reads;
He's Ibn Sina, not Avicenna.
He's Ibn Rushd, not Averroes.
He's Jabir Ibn Hayyan, not Geber.
Stop Latinizing the names of Muslim scholars to conceal the fact that they were Muslims.
You don't see us calling Shakespeares "Sheikh Zubayr".
English speakers even change Homeros into Homer, like even the guy they claim is the foundation of "western literature" is misnamed. I'm not feeling hopeful it'll change any time soon.


















