BBC Four's 3-part series 'Islam & Science' starts tonight, and presenter, physicist Jim Al-Khalili, begins by discussing 'the language of science'. In an article today, he also discusses the work of ...

Nisreen El-Hashemite seems an unlikely champion of women in science. First, there's her genetics. The granddaughter of Faisal I, the first king of modern Iraq, El-Hashemite is a princess. Also, she is ...

There are more than a billion Muslims in the world today – over a fifth of the world’s total population – spread over many more than the 57 member states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference ...

In the previous installment of this series, you learned about the different Muslim sects and the interesting ways they mix in the United States. This article will take you through the historical ...

A new anthology is working to give geeky Muslims a bigger voice in science fiction with a collection of short stories both based on and inspired by Islamic culture. Islam and Science Fiction founder ...

New investment and links with the West will help to rebuild science in Muslim nations Most physicists, particularly those in western nations, probably do not give religion a great deal of thought. A ...

A direct English translation of the Arabic word 'ilm علم is "knowledge", but the Arabic appellation is pregnant with meanings that transcend what knowledge implied for the likes of Plato, Pythagoras, ...

Looking for a sense of belonging in an era when Muslims often face suspicion and prejudice, Farah Rishi stepped across the threshold to another world, one of fantasy and scientific wonders. In the ...

Though Muslim math, science and medicine flourished while the West was mired in the Dark Ages, followers of Islam have not produced a single major discovery since, writes Quaid-e-Azam University ...

From the 9th through the 14th centuries, Islamic societies experienced “an intellectually productive and brilliant phase” that nurtured great scientists, writes Pervez Hoodbhoy, a professor of nuclear ...