Al Battani (Albategnius)
Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Jabir ibn Sinan ar-Raqqi al-Harrani as-Sabi al-Batani. Latinized as Albategnius, Albategni or Albatenius was an Arab
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Muslim Heroes
Here we take a moment to recognize the following Muslims — fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, sons, daughters, academics, advocates and religious leaders — selected by others for their individual contributions to the lives of their people and, thus, humanity at large.
Women’s Contribution to Classical Islamic Civilization – Science, Medicine and Politics
While there are numerous works on the role of Muslim women in jurisprudence (fiqh) and literature, there are also studies
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Kushyar ibn Labban
Abul-Hasan Kūshyar ibn Labbān ibn Bashahri Gilani (971–1029), also known as Kūshyar Gilani was a mathematician, geographer, and astronomer from
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Abu al-Wafa
Abu’l-Wafa was brought up during the period that a new dynasty was being established which would rule over Iran. The
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Al-Masudi – Herodotus of the Arabs
The historian and geographer, Abul Hasan Ali Ibn Hussain Ibn Ali Al Masudi (895-957 CE) was a scion of an
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Al Jazari – The Father of Robotics
Al Jazari (1136–1206) was a Muslim polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, craftsman, artist, mathematician and astronomer from Al-Jazira, Mesopotamia,
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The Muslim Contribution to Optics
There is still a controversy as to whether color therapy works within the realm of vibration or within the world
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Al-Zahrawi – The Pioneer of Modern Surgery
It has often been stated on this website that the Muslim period of Spain’s history (also known as al-Andalus) was
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Al Ghazali – One of the great Jurist, Theologian and Mystic of the 12th Century
Abu Hamed Mohammad ibn Mohammad al-Ghazzali (1058–1111 C.E.) (Persian: ابو حامد محمد ابن محمد الغزالی), known as Al-Ghazali or Algazel
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