Humanist vs Islamic perspectives on science and the modern world
Jim Al-Khalili, physicist and Ziauddin Sardar, chair of the Muslim Institute, talk science, western colonialism and religious rigidity by Yasmin Khan As the Islamic empire expanded, Muslims in new territories needed to know the direction to Mecca for prayer, which led to leaps in map-making and trigonometry. Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty […]