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The world-class University of Sankore, Timbuktu |
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By: Zulkifli Khair (FSTC Limited), Thu 05 June, 2003 |
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Sankore's achievement in higher education is important to Islamic Civilisation even though it was less known compared to Al-Azhar, Al-Qairawan, Al-Qarawiyyin and Qurtuba Universities.
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Al-Amidi's System of Writing for the Blind |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 02 June, 2003 |
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It is commonly known that Louis Braille (1809-1852) invented a system of writing for the blind in which he used a pattern of "6 dots". However 600 years before Braille, a Syrian Muslim, Al-Amidi, was an expert in reading such a system.
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The Beginning of the Paper Industry |
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By: FSTC Limited, Fri 10 January, 2003 |
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Paper, originally, was brought by the Muslims from China. From an art, the Muslims developed it into a major industry. Paper mills flourished across the Muslim World. The impact of Muslim manufacture of paper paved the way for the printing revolution.
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Islam, Science and Learning |
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By: Quoted from M.H. Sadar, Sun 21 July, 2002 |
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Islam, unlike modern Christianity does not differentiate between matters of `state' and matters of religion. In this respect, Islam should not really be regarded as a religion for it is a Total system.
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Islam and Learning |
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By: Quoted from I.R.and L.L. Al-Faruqi, Sun 21 July, 2002 |
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God, Islam held, created the world and implanted in it His immutable patterns that make it a cosmos. He designed it in a way calling for wonder: perfect, orderly, malleable, its parts causally and teleologically bound to one another.
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Women and learning in Islam |
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By: Quoted from S.P. Scott, Sun 21 July, 2002 |
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The female relatives of the khalifs and courtiers vied with each other in the patronage and cultivation of letters.
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The Great Book Collectors |
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By: Quoted from F.B. Artz, Sat 20 July, 2002 |
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The Muslims were great book collectors, and in all the larger towns there was a flourishing book trade. From Baghdad, to Cairo, to Cordoba and to Fez, Muslims built the libraries that housed the world largest book collections of that time.
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Al-Ghazali’s Views on Children's Education |
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By: FSTC Limited, Wed 12 September, 2001 |
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Al-Ghazali is known in Europe as Algazel. His ideas on education dominated Islamic educational thought for centuries after his death. Read how Al-Ghazali saw the education of children and the role of parents.
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Education in Islam - The Role of the Mosque |
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By: FSTC Research Team, Sun 12 August, 2001 |
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FSTC Research Team Islam prompted mankind to learn. Thus, from the beginning of Islamic history, the concrete symbol of Islam (the Mosque) became the centre of learning. The Arabic word for univeristy, Jami'a, was derived from Jami' (mosque). The following article presents a short survey on the educational role that some famous mosques played in spreading learning in Islamic society.
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Al-Azhar University - 1000 years of Scholarship |
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By: FSTC Limited, Tue 10 April, 2001 |
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FSTC Research Team Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo in Egypt is a fundamental Islamic monument with many dimensions. Constructed by the Caliph Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah for the newly established capital city in 970, it was the first mosque established in Cairo, a city that has since gained the nickname "the city of a thousand minarets. In this article, we present a short history of the Al-Azhar mosque and its progressive transformation into one of the most influential centres of Islamic learning for more than a millennium.
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