Muslim Heroes
Ibn Sina (Avicenna) – Best known for his work – The Canon Medicine
Ibn Sina most commonly known in English by his Latinized name Avicenna (propably because Avicenna sounds more western than Ibn… Read More
Ibn Bajjah (Avempace) – Muslim Polymath
Abu-Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn al-Sayigh (known as Ibn Bajjah , was an Andalusian-Arab Muslim polymath: an astronomer, logician, musician,… Read More
Malcolm X is still misunderstood – and misused
Every semester in which I teach a course on Muslims in the Civil Rights Movement at Southern Methodist University, I… Read More
Ibn al Nafis
Ibn al Nafis (Ala ad-Din Abu al Hasan Ali Ibn Abi-Hazm al Qarsh) was a Muslim polymath known as the… Read More
Banu Musa – Family of Honor
There were three brothers Jafar Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Shakir, Ahmad ibn Musa ibn Shakir and al-Hasan ibn Musa ibn… Read More
Al-Zarqali (Arzachel) – Most famous for his “Book of Tables”
Abu Ishaq Ibrahim ibn Yahya al-Naqqash al-Zarqali (1029–1087), Latinized as Arzachel, also spelled Az-Zarqali, was a leading Arab mathematician and… Read More
Al-Khwarizmi (Algoritmi)
Al-Khwarizmi (Latinized to Algoritmi) – Best Known for Contributions to mathematics Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (c. 780, Khwarizm… Read More
Al-Farabi (Alpharabius) – The Second Teacher/Master
Abu Nasr al-Farabi (Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi; known in the West as Alpharabius (c. 872 – between 14 December 950… Read More
Al-Betrugi (Alpetragius)
Nur ad-Din al-Betrugi (also spelled Nur al-Din Ibn Ishaq Al-Bitruji and Abu Ishâk ibn al-Bitrogi; another spelling is al Bidrudschi)… Read More
Al-Balkhi (Albuxar)
Al-Balkhi (Latinized to Albuxar) – Most famous for “Albumasar De Magnis Coniunctionibus” Translation into Latin of a work of Albumasar… Read More