As patrons and promoters of the entire spectrum of human knowledge, historic Muslim societies laid the foundations for a flowering of culture and learning, the impact of which would be felt across the Islamic and wider civilisations for centuries to come. From Baghdad to Bukhara, and Cordoba to Cairo, historic Muslim civilisations became centres of…
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Video: Central Asia – The Bridge Across Forever–Tajikistan — Indian Diplomacy
Silk Route, the commercial highway of the world has been fundamental in bridging the gap between different civilisations and cultures. Both Central Asia and India have been witness to several warriors and conquerers and have also shared common roots of existence in many ways. The film ‘The Bridge Across Forever’ recalls different aspects of these…
Ibn Sina’s 1038th Birthday 7 Aug 2018 — Google com | One of the pre-modern world’s most influential philosophers, Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
7 August 2018 Ibn Sina’s 1038th Birthday One of the pre-modern world’s most influential philosophers, Ibn Sina (sometimes known as “Avicenna” in the West) was born in the year 980, during what’s now known as the Islamic Golden Age. Ibn Sina grew up in Afšana, a village near Bukhara, near present-day Uzbekistan. A self-taught polymath,…
Science in a Golden Age – Al-Razi, Ibn Sina and the Canon of Medicine — Al Jazeera documentry Video
We explore the links between medical research in the Golden Age of Science and the modern practice of medicine today. Standing in one of the largest neo-natal units in the world at Hamad Hospital in Qatar, you would not immediately be able to draw a link between the pioneering medical research being conducted and the…
The Islamic Roots of Modern Pharmacy — Written by David W. Tschanz on Saudi Aramco World
ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY / DE AGOSTINI PICTURE LIBRARY / G. DAGLI ORTI / BRIDGEMAN IMAGESA- pharmacist prepares medicines to treat a patient suffering from smallpox in this illustration from a 17th-century Ottoman manuscript of Ibn Sina’s Canon of Medicine. The professional who is specialized in the collection of all drugs, choosing the very best of each…
Al-Razi, Ibn Sina and the Canon of Medicine|Al Jazeera explored the links between medical research in the Golden Age of Science and the modern practise|Watch Video
Click this link or the Graphic to watch video Standing in one of the largest neonatal units in the world at Hamad Hospital in Qatar, you would not immediately be able to draw a link between the pioneering medical research being conducted and the work of physicists from the ninth century. In this episode of…
‘Unani: Medicine’s Greco-Islamic Synthesis’ — Saudi Aramco world com article
In the early 15th century, scholar and physician Mansur ibn Ilyas included this diagram of human musculature in his Tashrin-i Badan-i Insan (The Anatomy of the Human Body). It was written some four centuries after Ibn Sina’s encyclopedic Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (Canon of Medicine), The world’s premier medical text until the 16th century; the…
“The Physician” by Noah Gordon The Long Road from International Bestseller to Film — “It’s about religion and friendship between people of different religions,”– Director Philipp Stölzl
Source: Deutsche Welle / Qantara de Article in German language: “Der Medicus” von Noah Gordon: Der lange Weg vom Weltbestseller zum Film ***** The novel “The Physician” was one of the biggest international successes of the last few decades. So it’s all the more surprising that it wasn’t made into a film years ago. A…
Avicenna on Matter, The Disobedience of Matter and Evil: Reconciling Metaphysical Stances and Qur’anic Perspective — an Academic Article
Dr Maria De Cillis This is an edited version of an article originally published in Transcendent Philosophy: An International Journal of Comparative Philosophy and Mysticism, Vol. 12, Dec 2011, pp. 147-168. The journal is a publication of London Academy of Iranian Studies . Image: Engraving of Avicenna. Naples : Azriel ben Joseph de Gunzenhausen, 1491…
Historical Illustrations: Ibn Sina and his Canon of Medicine @ Simergphotos by Malik Merchant, Editor
AVICENNA “One of the most famous exponents of Muslim universalism and an eminent figure in Islamic learning was Ibn Sina, known in the West as Avicenna (981-1037). For a thousand years he has retained his original renown as one of the greatest thinkers and medical scholars in history. His most important medical works are the…
The Golden Age of Learning in the Arab-speaking World: ”The House of Wisdom” by Jim Al-Khalili – Qantara de Article
Arabic-speaking researchers have made major contributions to science. In his book The House of Wisdom, physicist Jim Al-Khalili examines the extent of their influence on the Western World. Anne Allmeling sends us this review Nowadays, when we talk about Arab countries, the conversation generally centres on issues like oil, terrorism, revolution, democracy, or human rights….
Great Muslim Thinkers: Avicenna on Education – By ‘Abd al-Rahman al Naqib at Simerg com
To mark the 1,000th birth anniversary of the most influential of Islam’s philosopher-scientists, UNESCO minted this commemorative medal in 1980. Abu Ali al-Husain Ibn Abdallah Ibn Sina was known in Europe as Avicenna. A healer and a humanist, Avicenna developed an exemplary holistic approach that captures the essence of ethics in science and has thus…
West should change approach towards Muslim: Pakistan pivotal – historian Karen Armstrong
Source: Pakistan Ledger ***** (Editing by Sanjeev Miglani) – Karen Armstrong is our favorite author. I learned a lot about Islam. Her book “History of God”, “Muhammad”, “Battle for God“, and “Muhammad the prophet for our times” are fantatic testimonials about Islam and defends Islam in American and British vernacular. Each of the books are well researched with…
When Baghdad was centre of the scientific world:Islamic science had its heyday in the ninth century, thanks to Abū Ja’far al-Ma’mūn’s House of Wisdom, says Jim al-Khalili
Source: Guardian.co.uk ***** Jim Al-Khalili The Observer, Sunday 26 September 2010 Article history The Bab al-Sharqi district of Baghdad as it is today. Photograph: Wikipedia The Bab al-Sharji district in the centre of Baghdad derives its name, which means east gate, from the medieval fortifications of the city. These walls were probably built around the…
An Evening with the Stars: A Ramadan Offer
Source: The American Muslim ***** By Hasan Zillur Rahim Through a 7” refractor telescope at the Montgomery Hill Observatory of Evergreen Valley College in San Jose, California, I was viewing the celestial wonders of the universe. The sky was dark and clear. To the east, the waning moon of Shaban hung just above the foothills…
