Islam and Ethics’ Seminar In Doha

Professor Nidhal Guessoum, P.I. of “Islam & Science”, has been recently invited by the research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics (CILE) in order to…

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Steps for an Arab Astronomy Renaissance

American University of Sharjah, Nature Publishing Group and Dubai Astronomy Group are organizing this public seminar. Highlights of the seminar will include: An introduction by…

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Did a Woman Help Write the Quran?

New research shows that Muhammad’s fourth wife, Hafsa, may have been an early editor of Islam’s holy text It has long been assumed that the…

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Faith in Science by Asim Siddiqui

You wait for one step forward in Muslim thinking, then two come along at the same time. Hot on the heels of a major debate…

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Women and Science in the Arab World

Pursuing a science career in the Arab world is challenging, but women embarking on this path may face more hurdles than their male peers. Why…

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Lessons from the past: science and rationalism in medieval Islam

British Humanist Association (BHA) President, physicist and broadcaster Professor Jim Al-Khalili gave the 2014 Voltaire Lecture at Conway Hall, London, on the theme of ‘Lessons…

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Micrographia of the twenty-first century: from camera obscura to 4D microscopy

By Ahmed H. Zewail In this paper, the evolutionary and revolutionary developments of microscopic imaging are overviewed with a perspective on origins. From Alhazen’s camera…

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An ominous warning on climate change

Scientists have failed to influence the public and the policymakers of the harsh and immediate reality of climate change. First, remember that for many years,…

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It’s Time to Herald the Arabic Science That Prefigured Darwin and Newton

In this era of intolerance and cultural tension, Professor Al-Khalili launched a hearty plea in The Guardian in January 2008 to appreciate the fertile scholarship…

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Richard Dawkins is so wrong it hurts: What the science-vs.-religion debate ignores

Acolytes of Dawkins & Hitchens pretend that ignorant evangelicals represent all of religion. Here’s what they miss Sana Saeed I’m supposed to hate science. Or…

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Why couldn’t Nasa find that plane?

The disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines aircraft indeed exposed our fragile world of intricate transport, communications and space technologies The disappearance of Flight MH370 has…

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Muhammad Abdus Salam

Muhammad Abdus Salam was a genius. And for a genius to end up receiving the Nobel Prize is a no big surprise. But in this…

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