Sort of. Science as a general practice has roots all the way back at the origins of human culture. But modern science. Theory/philosophy of science and especially the formal scientific method has much more recent and clear origins. It was codified and defined largely by European priests and natural philosophers working from an explicitly religious point of view. Working from materials developed by Islamic scholars doing the same. Using documents and knowledge collated and preserved in the Middle East. Sources from ancient Babylonians, muslim India, Asia etc. Roman rhetorical and legal academics had a significant influence, something that was also a huge influence on the Catholic theological academic standards these dude were working under.
Which is why I specified “as we know it today”.
Those ancient Babylonians were interested in astronomy in part because if religious motivations BTW.
As for Dawkins. I don’t have time to do your homework for you. And my linking to a single nasty tweet won’t do much for you. As I’ve said your much better off reading up on the whole “dear muslima” controversy and Dawkin’s behavior in the following debate about inclusion in the atheist/skeptic community, atheist+ and all that.
