Comments on: Voices: Babul on Science Funding, Muslim Scientists, Intelligent Design and Neurosciences http://simerg.com "...The fundamental principles of faith enshrined in the Shahada and the Tawhid therein, which bind the Ummah in an eternal bond of unity...are continuously reaffirmed by the Shia Ismaili Muslims of whom I am the 49th hereditary Imam in direct lineal descent from the first Shia Imam, Hazrat Ali ibn Abi Talib through his marriage to Bibi Fatimat-az-Zahra, our beloved Prophet's daughter...Our historic adherence is to the Jafari Madhhab and other Madhahib of close affinity, and it continues, under the leadership of the hereditary Ismaili Imam of the time." - His Highness the Aga Khan, Message to The International Islamic Conference, Amman, Jordan, 4th – 6th July, 2005. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Mohib Ebrahim http://simerg.com/about/voices-babul-on-science-funding-muslim-scientists-intelligent-design-and-neurosciences/#comment-503 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:30:21 +0000 http://simerg.com/?page_id=3443#comment-503 I’ve just been reading the latest instalment of your interview with Arif and thought you might want to suggest your readers visit Muslim Heritage at:

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.

]]> By: Yousef J. Surmawala http://simerg.com/about/voices-babul-on-science-funding-muslim-scientists-intelligent-design-and-neurosciences/#comment-501 Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:06:58 +0000 http://simerg.com/?page_id=3443#comment-501 This is absolutely fascinating! Thank you very much for sharing.

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