Science in the Muslim World

Professor Nidhal Guessoum answers questions on relationships between science and the Muslim world

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The Ambiguous Intellectual

The question that Sardar has always asked is: how do you know?

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A Polymath in the 10th Century

By Roshdi Rashed Ibn al-Haytham (10 to 11th century A.D.) The turn of the first millennium was a time of intense research in mathematics, physics,…

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The length of the day of fasting

With the recent large increase in Muslim populations in northern countries, and with the gradual shifting of Ramadan toward the summer, this problem of high-latitude regions has become an important one

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Ramadan: A Good Time To Recall A Forgotten Doctor‏

It is ironic that the man whom Europeans came to regard as one of the most influential Arab scientists and philosophers of the Middle Ages,…

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Determining when Ramadan starts

The adoption of a scientifically rigorous and reliable method to determine crescent-based months is long overdue

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Rebuilding the Muslim House of Wisdom

Muslim governments know that economic growth, military power, and national security benefit greatly from technological advances. Many of them have sharply increased funding for science…

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Muslim world taskforce wants to save science universities

Founder of the Muslim World Science Initiative Athar Osama talks about its big plans to revitalize the Muslim world’s ailing science universities.

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Revive universities of the Muslim world, by Nidhal Guessoum & Athar Osama

To boost science, higher-education institutes must give students a broad education and become meritocratic, say Nidhal Guessoum and Athar Osama.

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Science in the Islamic world: an interview with Nobel Laureate Ahmed Zewail

For over a hundred years, the Nobel Prize has been awarded for the highest achievements in physical sciences, peace and literature. In this period, only…

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Task Force Urges Muslim Countries To Reboot University Science Programs

A task force assembled by the Muslim World Science Initiative has issued a report calling on countries with majority-Muslim populations to broaden science education at…

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What Islam teaches about protecting the Planet

Exerpts from a speech by HRH The Prince of Wales titled Islam and the Environment, Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford “My understanding of Islam is that it…

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