Thinkers and Figures

I will begin by briefly looking at the discourse on science and religion in the West, using the typology proposed by Ian…

After two days of intense discussions in Istanbul on the submitted papers and in-person presentations, followed by months of…

Are Science and Religion/Islam compatible with each other? Or must they be separate as if operating in two very different and…

The Islamic world developed classical institutions of teaching, learning and research from the Abbasid period onwards. These…

In attempting to dwell on some of the issues related to education in general, and science in particular, it is prudent to seek…

How is science taught in Muslim universities? What are the languages being used? What are the credentials and pedagogical…

The issue at hand is whether or not religion should be kept out of the science classroom in the Muslim world and in particular…

Since the eruption of Islam from the Arabian deserts in the 7th century, there have been repeated clashes between East and West…

Let us be clear on a few things, right at the outset: Science is not civilization. Science does not have a religion. Gravity…

It may come as a surprise that this opening statement was made by First Lady Michelle Obama (September 26, 2011) on the status…

Science education27 is currently viewed as inadequate in the developing and developed worlds. This was highlighted at the recent…

Science, or more generally knowledge, has always occupied a high place in the Islamic culture. As Muhammad Abdus Salam, the…

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Establishing in Baghdad, a recently founded capital of Abbasid caliphs, of دار الحکمه Daru l-Hikmat (Abode of Wisdom) by caliph…

Islamic mathematical achievements were many as here outlined by Sabra. Islamic scholars devised and successfully applied new and…

This bibliography is a revised, enlarged and updated version of the bibliography on Islamic mathematics by Richard Lorch on pp.…

This project will provide a summary of the transmission of Greek mathematics through the Islamic world, the resulting…

The historic background of algorithmic processing with regard to etymology and methodology is translated into terms of…

On the eve of modernity, at the beginning of the nineteenth century, logic was a staple part of madrasa education in all major…

Mi‛yār al-‛Ilm fī Fann al-ManÏiq of al-Ghazālī is the first book on Islamic logic. But a specific, comprehensive and exclusive…