In August 1977 I met Steven Hawking during a coffee break of the 8th conference on General Relativity and Gravitation held at Waterloo University (Canada)….
Has Science Killed the Belief in God? By Basil Altaie
Can Science Dispense With Religion?
A contribution for the book Can Science Dispense With Religion? (3rd ed.) (Tehran, Iran: Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, 2004), edited by Mehdi Golshani.
Evolution and Islam’s Quantum Question
The apparent contradictory relationship between Islam and evolution is important because it has been cited as an example of contradiction between religion and science by…
Modern and Classical Scientific Readings of the Qur’ān by Arnold Yasin Mol
A comparative study of Abdul Wadud (d. 2001) and al-Bayḍāwī (d. 1286)’s naturalistic exegesis
Islamic Discourse on Climate Change
Islam counts amongst its faithful 1.6 billion people. Many of them, perhaps the majority, are in countries which are most vulnerable to climate change
Islam’s evolutionary legacy
Let’s not forget the unsung champions of evolution from the Muslim world
Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change
Muslim scholars have called on the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims to take action on climate change. Islamic principles support them
Islam and Extraterrestrial Life
The search for extraterrestrial (ET) life has been considered by many as the next great venture facing Mankind.
Does Islam Stand Against Science?
We may think the charged relationship between science and religion is mainly a problem for Christian fundamentalists, but modern science is also under fire in…
Does the Arab world (not) need basic science?
The Arab world cannot afford to ignore curiousity-driven basic research in favour of applied research, if the different states hope to produce an enlightened science culture at home
The triumph of traditionalism
There are many reasons for the decline of Islamic science, but much of the blame can be laid at al-Ghazali’s door
What’s So Difficult About The Islamic Calendar?
Imagine if for the months of September, October and December, one had to wait until the 29th night of the preceding month to know whether…