by K. Razi Naqvi (Author)
Can Science Come Back to Islam?
The Muslim world, aware of the paramount importance of scientific knowledge, is searching for the route to an affirmative answer to the above question, but it seems to shy away from asking some closely related questions, which are:
Who brought science to Islam?
Who banished science from Islam?
Who can bring science back to Islam?
This book seeks to answer all these questions. Its author, who has had a lifelong interest in the history of science and religion, and has spent five decades at the forefront of scientific research, tries to convince contemporary Muslims to forsake regressive and anti-scientific interpretations of their scriptures; to warn them that the gap between dogma and fact cannot be papered over, that progress will be possible, and that science will come back to Islam only when a clean break is made from those whose teaching has led to the current malaise. The book ends with the pregnant question:
How can Western voters help in this important project?
Number of Pages: 260
Dimensions: 0.55 x 9.61 x 6.69 IN
Publication Date: February 15, 2015
