I am going to reflect on the historic theological engagement of al-Ghazali (d. 505/1111) with the scientific tradition of the medieval Islamic world, and this relates to a set of works that were discovered in the beginning of the twenty-first century. These concern a number of manuscripts attributed to al-Ghazali, called the Madnun. This is...Read More

Are Science and Religion/Islam compatible with each other? Or must they be separate as if operating in two very different and almost non-overlapping spheres? Could scientists be believers, or does embracing modern science also mean embracing a certain atheistic or agnostic viewpoint in one’s personal life? Should choosing to do science force an individual to...Read More

The Islamic world developed classical institutions of teaching, learning and research from the Abbasid period onwards. These institutions supported scholarly activities that gained a new vigour and dynamism during the Ottoman period: thousands of students were educated in the hundreds of medreses (schools or academies), both old and new, throughout the Ottoman empire. By 1600,...Read More

In attempting to dwell on some of the issues related to education in general, and science in particular, it is prudent to seek guidance from some success stories in the Muslim world. From the Islamic viewpoint the shift in the financial world that has long been plagued with problems, if not crises, not unlike the...Read More