Thinkers and Figures

The integration of Islamic education with learning of science and technology is expected to be meaningful and easily…

I n Arabic kal¥m means ‘speech’, or a sequence of words. However it also means ‘dialogue’; and this is the meaning which was…

As long as history remembers, medical science has always been part of man's life. In the beginning it was difficult to…

Starting from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, an expanding corpus of medical treatises produced by scholars of religion of…

The demand for halal cosmetic products among the 2.4 billion Muslim consumers worldwide is increasing. However, the demand for…

The demand for halal cosmetic products among the 2.4 billion Muslim consumers worldwide is increasing. However, the demand for…

Following the collapse of the Roman Empire at the beginning of the 5th century man’s concern was primarily focused upon security…

10th-century Córdoba, mathematics—and particularly geometry—was applied to architectural design in new ways, constituting a…

Communities in different times and places in the world have given varying weight to forms of knowledge and the variety of…

This paper offers a glimpse of the major contributions made by Arabs to mathematics in middle ages history period. Its purpose…

When the history of science in prehistoric or Bronze Age societies is described, what one finds is normally a description of…

Descriptions of the human anatomy derived from religious texts are often omitted from the medical literature. The present review…

Darwin’s theory of evolution caused considerable controversy among conservative Christians, but his ideas were not immediately…

Let me begin with a word of gratitude, for the members of the Taskforce on “Islam and Science – The Big Questions” and their…

I am going to reflect on the historic theological engagement of al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111) with the scientific tradition of the…

The concept of “soul” (al-rūḥ) has always occupied a significant position in the Islamic tradition and has been hotly debated…

How does the world really function, in its most fundamental way? And what is God’s role in it? These are two “big questions”,…

Evolution is used as an example of contradiction between Religion (Islam) and science. I am a scientist and a religious person…

Modern science infiltrated the Islamic world in the beginning of the nineteenth century. But what affected Muslim intellectuals…

The main question this task force is engaged with is: Can Islam’s theological teachings be reconciled with cutting edge…