The question arises to know whether a synthesis similar to the medieval one would still be possible now. After all, the Aristotelian-Ptolemaic cosmos was not…

Modern cosmology is exploring the universe with increasing success. Several of its spectacular breakthroughs have some significance with respect to the meaning of the human…

Islamist academics are gaining power in the Middle East and North Africa. But to build science needs liberal input, argues Ehsan Masood. Back in 2006,…

Islam & Science: an educational approach Workshop at the American University of Sharjah (AUS) April 18 – 21, 2014 The American University of Sharjah (UAE)…

Arab Muslim countries need a new generation of observatories to rejoin the forefront of the field, says Nidhal Guessoum. Islamic astronomy enjoyed a golden age…

By Nidhal Guessoum, Kiram Meziane In the Islamic calendar, a new month starts the day after the first naked-eye sighting of the thin crescent, shortly…

Can knowledge, spirituality and action change the World? International conference in Doha, May 30th – June 1st 2008 Organized by the Al Jazeera Center for…

Yasmin Khan embarks on a new venture, inspired by our London based workshop discussions she spoke at earlier this year. She says: “One of the…

In secular Europe the veracity of modern science is almost always taken for granted. Whether they think of the evolutionary proofs of Darwin or of…

The perils notwithstanding, several thousands are keen on signing up for the project When the Mars One project announced that it planned to enlist volunteers…

How the religion can show Muslims the way to a more ecofriendly way of living With the planet’s environmental crises multiplying and worsening (global warming,…

In the framework of the Summer Course no. 8: Science and Religion – Two Paths to Truth? Prof. Nidhal Guessoum will participate to the summer…