Al-Kindi - School_of_Mathematics_and_Statistics
University_of_St_Andrews,_Scotland In fact most of al-Kindi's philosophical writings seem designed to show that he believed that the pursuit of philosophy is compatible with orthodox Islam. This would seem to indicate that it is more probably that al-Kindi became ["... the victim of such rivals as the mathematicians Banu Musa and the astrologer Abu Ma'shar. "
It is claimed that the Banu Musa brothers caused al-Kindi to lose favour with al-Mutawakkil to the extent that he had him beaten and gave al-Kindi's library to the Banu Musa brothers.
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