Islam and Science: An Islamist revolution

@article{Masood2006IslamAS,
  title={Islam and Science: An Islamist revolution},
  author={Ehsan Masood},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2006},
  volume={444},
  pages={22-25}
}
  • E. Masood
  • Published 1 November 2006
  • Physics
  • Nature
Islamist political parties are taking over from secular ones across the Muslim world. What does this mean for science at home and scientific cooperation with the West? Ehsan Masood investigates. 
View on Nature
nature.com
14 Citations
Highly Influential Citations
1
Background Citations
6

14 Citations

Beyond the troubled relationship

If scientific culture in the Muslim world has changed since the golden era of Islamic science, so has the practice of Islam. Reintroducing knowledge and creativity requires a revival of both, argues…

Global Islamism and World Society

Cosmopolitan world society is a successful and widely shared political project. It is shared by decision makers pursuing liberal agendas of democratization and prosperity while prosecuting criminal…

The Wide Gap Among Between Traditional and Modern Women in Terms of Ideological and Social Views

The present paper elaborates on the Iranian women’s movements starting from the earliest documented records in the early twentieth century when Iranian women acted as a major support for their male…

ISSUES AND AGENDAS OF ISLAM AND SCIENCE

The publication of Islam's Quantum Question coincided with a burst of interest in the subject of Islam and science. This article first places the book in context (academic and cultural); in…

The crisis of health in a crisis ridden region

  • W. Maziak
  • Political Science
    International Journal of Public Health
  • 2009
A domino-like breakdown of the Arab region, with serious consequences for world’s stability, is becoming an increasingly likely scenario.

Evolution Education in Iran: Shattering Myths About Teaching Evolution in an Islamic State

This chapter will examine the teaching of evolution in the public education system of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The goal of this chapter is to examine the status of evolution education in the…

Public Perceptions of Nanotechnology: A Survey in the Mega Cities of Iran

According to the statistical analysis, three individual characteristics age, education level and career had a direct correlation with the knowledge level of Iranian people on nanotechnology in the mega cities of Iran.

A Bibliometric Analysis of High Impact Research in the Middle East Using Champion Works

An overview of champion works (papers that have received over 1,000 citations) produced by Middle East countries is provided, focusing on science, medicine, and technology papers featured in the Science Citation Index Expanded of Web of Science.

Global Perspectives on Women and Work

A Mixed Method Examination of Gender Differences in Perceptions of STEM among Iranian Americans

References

SHOWING 1-10 OF 10 REFERENCES

Islamic science: Rebuilding the past

Fat Sezgin has reconstructed a host of scientific treasures using ancient Arabic texts to help redress the balance between science and Islam.

Science in culture: The zenith of Islamic science

An exhibition in Britain explores a rich scientific heritage.

Time for ‘enlightened moderation’

A call for Islamic nations to renew and reaffirm their commitment to science.

Arab science: Blooms in the desert

The Arab world has a proud history of scholarship, but in recent decades it has neglected science. Now, against a backdrop of turmoil, a grassroots initiative hopes to restore the balance. Ehsan…

Turkish rectors rally in support of university head thrown in jail

Dispute highlights tension between academic system and religion.

Iranian neuroscience: The brains trust of Tehran

An Islamic theocracy ravaged by economic sanctions isn't an obvious place to seek a vibrant cognitive-neuroscience research group. Yet that's what Alison Abbott found on a recent trip to Iran.

Muslim council phases in lunar calendar

Direct sightings of the Moon will no longer define US festivals as they are no longer defined by US festivals.

Pakistan's plutonium

Satellite pictures suggest Pakistan is planning to increase its plutonium production. Geoff Brumfiel finds out what the images show, and why the discovery is important.

Women at work

A new style of Islamic feminism, in which women are demanding rights that they say Islam accords to them, is emerging in Pakistan, though as Ehsan Masood reports, it is an uphill struggle.

Academies wrestle with issue of Islam's flagging science base

The delegates argued that political leaders in Islamic nations often fail to appreciate the importance of scientific research to their countries’ development, and most speakers blamed public spending skewed towards the military, low educational standards, and a lack of public interest in science for this pattern.