http://www.muslimheritage.com
http://www.1001inventions.com

The site will speak for itself and is in my mind the most authoritative collection of articles written for the lay person on the influence, accomplishments and contributions of Muslims to civilisation.

And for those who may be interested in learning more about just how much influence Ibn al-Haytham and Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi have had on optics and the so called “Copernican Revolution”, I’ve provided links to 2 articles which I think your readers will find eye-opening. When I ran across these articles, I was quite shocked by just how much influence they had had despite my being very familiar with Muslim contributions to astronomy as an amateur astronomer for 35 years.

1. ALHAZEN AND THE TELESCOPE
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
February, 1950
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1950ASPL….6….4M

2. COPERNICUS AND HIS ISLAMIC PREDECESSORS: SOME HISTORICAL REMARKS
F. Jamil Ragep, McGill University
2007
http://filozofskivestnikonline.com/index.php/journal/article/viewArticle/65 (page has link to PDF article)

Editor’s Note: We thank Mohib for his recommendation. He has indicated that a later version of the second article has a key image showing similarity in Copernicus’s diagrams with those found in Islamic manuscripts, and gives “further thoughts” on the subject. We we not able to find the link to the revised article. Should any of our readers come across it, please reply to this comment with the link.