The OP was saying "but by ~1200 CE the general zeitgeist was to discourage scientific inquiries," and that was something an old orientalist said about Al-Ghazal

The OP was saying "but by ~1200 CE the general zeitgeist was to discourage scientific inquiries," and that was something an old orientalist said about Al-Ghazali, that Muslims Scholars dismissed because it is nonsense. But thanks God it came from a Western scholar (because the west never listens), Frank Griffel has two important books about this, and one of them focuses on Al Ghazali, that discusses that book in a more rational (not a classic orientalist hateful way), and it is not just Frank, that theory isn't accepted anymore. The second link I find to be a little bit ironic, is that one of the top Christian American scholars borrow a good argument to respond to atheists "IN THAT BOOK" that his civilization (in the colonial days) used against Muslims. (Of course, all respect to him to be honest about the source) Muslim Philosophers were using Greek philosophy to deny some things in Islam, and Al-Ghazali proved they were wrong. These attacks happened from all sides all the time, most people are not aware of that. But what do you think Muslims should feel about that accusation? As I said in another comment, Europe had already won in empirical science, why do they need to spread these kind of lies?