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The statement was about 'mechanical clocks' and Muslim engineers did not pioneer them, that is credited to Pope Sylvester II 999-1003CE. The oldest description of a water powered clock is Amenemhet in 16th Century BC, 2200 years before Islam https://beaubleu-paris.com/en/blogs/news/story-of-time-beaubleu#:~:text=The%20first%20mechanical%20clocks,the%2014th%20century%20throughout%20Europe.
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