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.

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…

A comparative study of Abdul Wadud (d. 2001) and al-Bayḍāwī (d. 1286)’s naturalistic exegesis

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

Let’s not forget the unsung champions of evolution from the Muslim world

Muslim scholars have called on the world’s 1.6 billion Muslims to take action on climate change. Islamic principles support them

The search for extraterrestrial (ET) life has been considered by many as the next great venture facing Mankind.

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…

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

There are many reasons for the decline of Islamic science, but much of the blame can be laid at al-Ghazali’s door

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…

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…