Arabia vs. Europe. Who were the True Occasionalists?

Arabia vs. Europe
Who were the true occasionalists?
To begin a comparison between occasionalists from the eastern and western hemispheres of the world, a clear definition of Occasionalism must be stated. Occasionalism is the belief that everything is caused by God, from the motion of the tiniest spider, as it rushes across the room, to the cataclysmic event of stars exploding. It is also the belief that there is no substance other than that of God. This is the basic definition. But as with every other philosophic belief, there are some philosophers who modified this definition. …