Source: Scidev.net From: David Dickson Conservative traditions, rather than religious belief, seem to be the main barrier to modern science in Muslim countries, says David Dickson. Earlier this month, I […]
Science and Islam is a three-part BBC documentary about the history of science in medieval Islamic civilization presented by Jim Al-Khalili. The series is accompanied by the book Science and […]
Taj Mahal: One of the New 7 Wonders of the World Alislam-eGazette is a monthly electronic publication of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, since 2007. It has more than 40,000 subscribers. […]
Source: Islam for the West By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times An honest study of the causes of the Dark Ages and European renaissance will lead […]
By Nasir Gondal MD, New York Lying within the wrap of alwadi alKabir the river, is the pearl of Cordova. The seat of the power, knowledge, wisdom, and wealth of […]
George Sarton in his legendary Introduction to the History of Science, attributes each half century of scientific progress to one scientist, who set the tone by his leadership. He assigns the second half of the eighth century to none other than Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān of Geber. Each of the scientists chosen by George […]
Dr. Abdus Salam, Nobel Laureate in physics summarized Sarton’s history pertaining to the Muslim scientists in an article, Islam and Science – Concordance or Conflict? Salam highlighted Sarton’s evaluation of history in this article and it was published in Review of Religions in March 1995, he said: Barely a hundred years after the Holy Prophet’s […]
By Zakaria Virk, Toronto, Canada Muslim scholars of Baghdad had translated scientific works from Greek, Pahlavi, Syriac, & Sanskrit into Arabic in the eighth and ninth centuries. Similarly […]
The Muslim Times’ Editor’s comment George Sarton in his legendary Introduction to the History of Science, attributes each half century of scientific progress to one scientist, who set the tone by his leadership. He assigns the second half of the eighth century to none other than Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān of Geber. Each of […]
Promoted post: The Best Documentation of Muslim Heritage: Science and Islam, Jim Al-Khalili’s – BBC Documentary The Muslim Times’ Chief Editor’s comment George Sarton in his legendary Introduction to the History of Science, attributes each half century of scientific progress to one scientist, who set the tone by his leadership. He […]
The Jerusalem Post: There is a veritable industry out there producing an endless stream of “reports” about imaginary Israeli efforts to destroy, damage or defile Muslim sites, in particular the […]
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Collected by Dr. Abdul Alim, the Muslim Times’ Editor for Islam Written by Dr. Katharina […]
Source: Kailoola Production Teaser: http://vimeo.com/58447727 Dear All, By way of a quick update on our documentary film on the science and life of Dr. Abdus Salam: having filmed in the US, […]
Read about Taj Mahal in Wikipedia. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the New Seven Wonders Foundation list. For other uses, see Wonders of the World. New […]
The world laughed when Islamists in Egypt recently threatened to destroy the Giza pyramids – despite the insane precedent of the Taliban’s dynamiting of the majestic Bamiyan Buddhas. But clearly […]
Source: Guardian UK – Tuesday 29 January 2008 By Prof. Jim Al-Khalili In this era of intolerance and cultural tension, the west needs to appreciate the fertile scholarship that flowered […]
Source: economist.com After centuries of stagnation science is making comeback in the Islamic world THE sleep has been long and deep. In 2005 Harvard University produced more scientific papers than […]
Huff Post: Krista Larson and Michelle Faul. SEVARE, Mali — Timbuktu, the fabled desert city where retreating Muslim extremists destroyed ancient manuscripts, was a center of Islamic learning hundreds of years before Columbus landed in the Americas. The library held about 30,000 manuscripts of which only about one third had been […]
Source: Muslim Sunrise Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Taj Mahal in India, is a symbol of the Muslim heritage, built in 1632 – […]
Source: Wikipedia Qutub Minar pronunciation (help·info) (English: The Qutub Tower; Urdu: قطب مینار) also Qutub Minar, is the tallest minaret in India [1] and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[2] Located […]