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Muslim Heroes

Fatima al-Fihri: Founder of World’s Very First University

The name Fatima Al-Fihri crowns the annals of history with the distinction of having established the world’s very first university.… Read More

Who was Omar al-Mukhtar? – The Lion of the Desert

“The sentence on you, Omar Mukhtar, is death by hanging in public…” “From God we come, and unto God we… Read More

Al-Sufi (Azophi) – Astronomer

Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Persian: عبدالرحمن صوفی) (December 7, 903 – May 25, 986) was a Persian astronomer also known as… Read More

Famous Scientists

Einstein, Newton, Flemming ... these names are well known, and with good reason, as influential and innovative scientists.  However, what… Read More

Contribution of Ibn Sina to the Development of Earth Sciences

The Muslim Civilisation was outstanding in its outlook on the universe, humanity and life. Muslim scientists thought about the origin… Read More

Ibn Rushd (Averroes) – The Islamic Scholar Who Gave Us Modern Philosophy

Ibn Rushd better known in European literature as Averroes (1126 – December 10, 1198), was an Andalusian Muslim polymath; a… Read More

Ibn Firnas (Armen Firman) – The First Aviator

Abbas Ibn Firnas (810–887 A.D.), also known as Abbas Qasim Ibn Firnas and عباس بن فرناس (Arabic language), was a… Read More

Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) – World’s First True Scientist

Alhazen, the great Islamic polymath. Alhazen was born in Basra, in the Iraq province of the Buyid Persian Empire. He… Read More

Al-Farghani (Alfraganus)

Abū al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathīr al-Farghani also known as Alfraganus in the West was a Muslim astronomer and… Read More

Al Kindi (Alkindus) – The Philosopher of the Arabs

Yaqub ibn Isaq al-Kindi (Latin: Alkindus) (c. 801–873 CE), known as "the Philosopher of the Arabs", was a Muslim Arab… Read More

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