One cannot have a revolt on behalf of reason in Islam because reason is central to its worldview: reason is the other side of revelation…

This paper aims to shed some light on the notion of sustainability from an Islamic perspective. It is intended to frame an enlightened Islamic discourse to address global environmental issues…

In this paper the necessity and importance of Islam’s serious engagement with Modern Science is explored. The author argues that there are serious issues of contention…

Muslim Perspectives on Cloning

Bismi-Llahi-r-Rahmani-r-Rahim I begin this address by pronouncing the traditional sentence “in the name of God the Compassionate the All-Merciful”. With this formula, the Muslims initiate…

Jim Al-Khalili revisits Ibn al-Haytham’s hugely influential study on its millennium.

By Nidhal Guessoum I review first the main similarities and differences between the planetary model of Ibn al-Shatir (14th-Century Muslim astronomer) and of Copernicus. I…

Maryam Mirzakhani of Stanford University is the first female mathematician to win a Fields Medal in the prize’s 78 years of history.

Reforms of the curricula are urgently needed for future scholars in hermeneutics and critical analysis

Modern science has produced something quite unexpected. Even to a scientist such as myself. It turns out that the observed features of the natural world…

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…

Imagine that you had digital access to all the books that have ever been written. Imagine further that you could search through them just by…