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Muslim Heritage

Ibn Zuhr and the Progress of Surgery

This study of the original Arabic edition of the book Al-Taysir fi ‘l-Mudawat wa’l-Tadbir (Book of Simplification Concerning Therapeutics and… Read More

Embedding Scientific Ideas as a Mode of Science Transmission

Introduction At a different occasion I had attempted to survey the results that have already been reached regarding the transmission… Read More

Islamic Sacred Geography and Finding the Qibla by the Sun and Stars

In spite of ample documentation, it is not generally known that in historical Islamic civilization, astronomy was practiced at two… Read More

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… Read More

Development of Astronomy in Ottomans

Generally, it is possible to study the development of astronomy in the Ottomans in three periods; The astronomy from the… Read More

The Science of Al-Biruni

1. Introduction  George Sarton, the founder of the History of Science discipline, defined al-Biruni as “one of the very greatest… Read More

White Supremacism and Islamic Astronomy in History of Astronomy Texts from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day

1.  Arabic Astronomy In Eighteenth And Nineteenth-Century European Thought (Figure 1.  Adam Smith (1723-1790) and Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406) Source: Ibn… Read More

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