Muslim Responses to Science’s Big Questions: Summary Report
Are Science and Religion/Islam compatible with each other? Or must they be separate as if operating in two very different and…
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Foreword: The Relationship between Islam and Science in Recent Centuries
The Islamic world developed classical institutions of teaching, learning and research from the Abbasid period onwards. These…
Science Education in universities in the Muslim world: No longer contented…
In attempting to dwell on some of the issues related to education in general, and science in particular, it is prudent to seek…
Science Education in Universities in the Islamic World
How is science taught in Muslim universities? What are the languages being used? What are the credentials and pedagogical…
Should Religion Be Kept Out of the Science Classroom?
The issue at hand is whether or not religion should be kept out of the science classroom in the Muslim world and in particular…
Are universities of the Muslim World helping spread a Culture of Science…
Since the eruption of Islam from the Arabian deserts in the 7th century, there have been repeated clashes between East and West…
Science, Society & the University: 5 Propositions
Let us be clear on a few things, right at the outset: Science is not civilization. Science does not have a religion. Gravity…
STEM Education and the Muslim Gender Divide
It may come as a surprise that this opening statement was made by First Lady Michelle Obama (September 26, 2011) on the status…
Science Education in the Islamic World: A Snapshot of the Multilayered Role…
Science education27 is currently viewed as inadequate in the developing and developed worlds. This was highlighted at the recent…
Report of the Zakri Task Force on Science at the Universities of the Muslim…
Science, or more generally knowledge, has always occupied a high place in the Islamic culture. As Muhammad Abdus Salam, the…
CONCEPT OF MAHDI IN EARLY SHIA AUTHORSHIP
The concept of Mahdi cannot be overemphasized. It is no doubt a concept which attracts many writers and intellectuals to…
Characteristics of Ahad Hadith in Perspective of Sunni and Shia Madhhab and…
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Ansar Al-Sharia in Tunisia and the Cost of Terrorism
After the Tunisian Revolution (17 December 2010 - 14 January 2011), the issue of a general legislative amnesty was proposed,…
Radical Islamist movements in Egypt
It was widely believed that the fall of President Mohamed Morsi on 3 July 2013 constituted an important stop in the history of…
JOINING THE CAUSE: AL-MUHAJIROUN AND RADICAL ISLAM
On the surface, a decision to join a radical Islamic movement seems irrational. Participation entails enormous costs and risks,…
The rise of islamism in contemporary Syria: from Muslim Brotherhood to…
The present research aims to present the growth of political and militant Islam and its main representatives in Syria, starting…
Muslim Networks and Movements in Western Europe
Over the past two decades, the number of Muslims living in Western Europe has steadily grown, rising from less than 10 million…