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2. Conquest of Spain and campaigns into France |
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By: Omar Mubaidin, Tue 19 February, 2008 |
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The following timeline presents a survey of Muslim presence in Europe from the 7th century CE until the 20th century. It lists the various and different contacts that shaped the relations of Muslims with Western Europe and gave rise to perceptions and labels of Muslims in the West during several centuries. These relations were various: religious, military, diplomatic, through trade and commerce, by intellectual exchanges in different domains. It is by thinking about these events of the past that we can understand the actual state of complexity of the relationships between these two major components of our world.
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Muslim Heritage Videos |
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By: FSTC, Wed 05 December, 2007 |
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Selection of videos on Muslim Heritage
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Tolerance or Compatibility? The Search for a Qur'anic Paradigm of Science |
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By: FSTC Limited, Wed 11 July, 2007 |
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In this illuminating analysis, Prof. Ahmad Dallal produces an authoritative study of some episodes of the scientific exegis of the Holy text of Islam, the Qur'an, focusing on the exegesis (tafsir) of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi. In the second part of the article, he submits the modern discourse on Qur'an and science to a stimulating critical assessment.
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The Appreciation of Arabic Science and Technology in the Middle Ages |
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By: Prof. Charles Burnett, Wed 16 May, 2007 |
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This article describes the appreciation of Arabic science and technology in the Middle Ages through the example of Adelard of Bath, an English scholar of the early 12th century, one of the first scholars that personify Arabic-Latin intercultural transmission that paved the way to the introduction of Arabic learning in premodern Europe.
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Scientific Contacts and Influences Between the Islamic World and Europe: The Case of Astronomy |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 25 January, 2007 |
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For more than a thousand years the Muslim East and the Christian West, notwithstanding the differences in matters of creed, ideology and social traditions and the intervening opposition of defenders of orthodoxy on both sides, cultivated science in mutual contact.
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How Islam Inspired Scientific Advance |
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By: FSTC Limited, Tue 23 January, 2007 |
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The impact of Islam permeated so many spheres of knowledge and produced phenomenal achievements that one is amazed. This article highlights some of these areas and achievements.
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Innovations in Islamic Sciences |
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By: FSTC Limited, Mon 22 January, 2007 |
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The idea of Islamic Science is sometimes wrongly undermined by claims that Muslims merely copied Greek scientific material before transferring this knowledge to Europe. This article demonstrates some of the many advances that Muslim scientists and scholars were able to make.
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Scientific Life during the Period of the Anatolian Seljuks |
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By: Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Fri 29 December, 2006 |
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Besides the madrasas, hospitals and social assistance institutions established in Anatolia during the Anatolian Seljuk period and that of their successors the Municipalities, scholarly-scientific and cultural activities were encouraged and received the patronage of the rulers.
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An Overview of Ottoman Scientific Activities |
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By: Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Fri 22 December, 2006 |
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The scientific activities observed within the borders of the Ottoman Empire throughout six centuries displayed a unique course of development. Although the Ottomans had many shared elements from the viewpoint of historical heritage and tradition with the other Islamic societies remaining outside of the Ottoman Empire, they also had some differences due to its location.
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The Emergence of Scientific Tradition in Islam |
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By: FSTC Limited, Thu 21 December, 2006 |
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The definition and nature of science has long been an intriguing philosophical dilemma. In this essay Prof. Acikgenc discusses the substance of science, and related issues such as the scientific community, within an Islamic context.
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