THE Holy Quran is the book of guidance. This guidance is for the whole of humankind and covers all activities of human life. Science is an important human activity and is an essential one for the ...

Pervez Hoodbhoy is one of the most eloquent critics of crank science in Islamic culture. In a recent editorial for the Express Tribune in Pakistan, the physicist decried the increasingly popular ...

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 Muslim world. Islamic creationist ...

Can Islam and science reconcile?, asks Fatima Agha Al-Hayani, a lecturer and expert on Islamic jurisprudence based in Toledo, Ohio. They were reconciled during Islam’s first 600 years, she reports.

There have been several books published recently touting the historical contributions of Islamic scholars to the early history of science (in the Middle Ages), but fewer assessing the relationship ...

Sunday was the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere. As Earth's axis tilted, the sun reached its highest position in the sky, bathing the upper latitudes in enduring light. Residents of ...

What do Tylenol, schoolyard bullies, chocolate and our self-image have to do with young Somali-Americans from Minnesota ending up in Syria fighting for ISIS, or our ability to prevent a Paris-like ...

A 1,500-year-old parchment could be one of the oldest known copies of the Quran, possibly dating back to a time that overlapped with the life of the Prophet Muhammad, according to researchers who ...

In an article today, he also discusses the work of who he considers the 'first true scientist', al-Hassan Ibn al-Haytham: without doubt, another great physicist, who is worthy of ranking up alongside ...

"The Language Of Science" airs Wednesday, June 13 at 11 p.m. - Its legacy is tangible, with terms like algebra, algorithm and alkali all being Arabic in origin and at the very heart of modern science ...