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Did Medieval Islamic Theology Subvert Science?

It is often supposed in Islamic studies that Al-Ghazali demolished the basis for science in the Muslim world by his so-called orthodox attack against rational thinking which nurtured a negative...

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Natural Philosophy in the Islamic World

In the following short report, we present a summary of the lecture presented by Professor Peter Adamson in the Muslim Heritage Awareness Group (MHAG) meeting organized by FSTC in London on 30 March...

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Kairouan Capital of Political Power and Learning in the Ifriqiya

The following article presents a survey on some glorious pages of the history of Kairouan, the ancient capital of the Islamic Ifriqiya (present day Tunisia). Founded in 670 by ‘Uqba ibn Nafi', the...

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Rediscovering Arabic Science

The magazine Saudi Aramco World published in May-June 2007 an interesting folder on Arabic and Islamic science. The folder of 20 pages consists of several articles illustrated with a rich iconography...

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The Ethical Theory of Education of Ahmad Miskawayh

Abu `Ali Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Ya'qub Miskawayh (932-1030) is a brilliant intellectual and philosopher of 10th-century Buwayhid Baghdad. His effect on Islamic philosophy is mainly concerned with...

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Muslim Heritage and Education

This is the text of a presentation made to The Education and Culture Committee of the EU Parliament in Brussels on the 5th November 2008.

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Al-Fârâbî as a Source of the History of Philosophy and of Its Definition

The origins of science lie in the study we call philosophy which itself is traced back through traditions of...

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Figure 1. The Palace complex showing different sections of the plan.

Khirbat Al-Mafjar, Palace (740 -750)

Khirbat Palace remains a unique example of Umayyad luxury and their developed taste for art. The palace...

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Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque and University

For well over twelve hundred years Al-Qarawiyyin has been one of the leading spiritual and educational...

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Turkish Contributions to Scientific Work in Islam

Turks have played an active part in the pursuit of science and learning in the Islamic World throughout its...

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Figure 1: An early illustrated work dealing with the school of Salerno. The cover shows Constantine the African lecturing to the school. From Anastasius et al., Regimen sanitatis Salernitanum (1573). (Source).