Any Muslim with brief acquaintance in Islamic history should be aware of the fact that Islamic world view of the first few centuries Hijra, provided powerful source of Inspiration, especially for the Muslim people’s quest for knowledge. There are several myths that reside in the minds of many people including Muslims in relation to the...Read More

This paper presents a discussion regarding the role that Muslim scholars played in the development of scientific thinking in the Middle Ages. It argues that the Muslims were not just the preservers of the ancient and Greek knowledge, but that they contributed original works to the different fields of science. They were inspired by the...Read More

The paper aims to explore Indonesian Muslim biologists’ views on the evolutionary theory. Employing Stenmark’s concepts of “rationality” and “religious commitment”, this study wishes to show how these two aspects are interconnected, and how a certain rationality primarily constitutes a certain religious commitment. The research involves both library and field research. The library research is...Read More

The study first identifies and defines the methodological approaches … that have relevance to the question of an Islamic position on biological evolution. It also identifies and defines the issues within the field of Evolutionary Biology that need to be brought under scrutiny. The methods of classical Islamic Theology are then applied to the claims...Read More