Tento autor skúma fascinujúce prieniky vedy, vzdelávania, islamu a arabského sveta. Ako uznávaný astrofyzik a univerzitný profesor prináša do svojej práce jedinečnú perspektívu. Jeho texty, ktoré sa objavujú v popredných publikáciách a na medzinárodných médiách, ponúkajú hlboké zamyslenie nad zložitými témami. Jeho rozsiahle skúsenosti a medzinárodné uznanie z neho robia kľúčového hlasateľa v debate o islame a vede.
This first Element in the series Islam and the Sciences is introductory and aims to give readers a general overview of the wide and rich scope of interactions of Islam with the sciences, including past disputes, current challenges, and future outlooks.
This book is the first of its kind. It is accessible and easy to read; it is as if you are having a conversation with the author. The book addresses challenges we face today in schools and everyday life. It is comprehensive without being too detailed. It gives a road map, a guide for how to handle controversial issues in science and Islam.
In secular Europe the veracity of modern science is almost always taken for granted. This book states that evolutionary theory does not contradict core Muslim beliefs, but that many scholars, from Islam's golden age to the present, adopted a worldview that accepted evolution as a given.