Why Islam

The Opening Chapter of the Quran "In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful. Praise be to God, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds; Most Gracious, Most Merciful; Master of the Day of Judgment. Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek. Show us the straight way, The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray."

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"Unlike their Christian counterparts, Muslim thinkers saw no insurmountable contradiction between their faith and the laws governing the natural world.
So they embraced Aristotle and Plato, writers the Christian church considered blasphemous.
So this is the time when we begin to see scientists, bureaucrats, what have you going and seeking from whatever civilization that had any sciences before, be it the Greek, the Indian, the Persian, and so on.
It was the scholars of the House of Wisdom who developed the system of Arabic numerals, still in use.
It is they who translated and transformed the writings of the Greeks and made a gift of them to the modern Western world.
The Renaissance had its beginnings in Baghdad."
Quoted from 'Islam, Empire of Faith'

Helpful resources

  • History of Science and Technology
  • Why Islam
  • PBS, Islam: Empire of Faith
  • BBC, Islamic history of Europe
  • Islam, question and answer
  • Islam Tomorrow, and order free Quran
  • Discover the Muslim Heritage in our World
  • Muslim Heritage
  • The Last Prophet

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List of Books

  • Struggling to Surrender: Some Impressions of an American Convert to Islam
  • Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists
  • How Islam Created the Modern World
  • God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215
  • The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In
  • Lost History: The Enduring Legacy of Muslim Scientists, Thinkers, and Artists

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Friday, 7 November 2008

Some interesting books:

The Great Arab Conquests: How the Spread of Islam Changed the World We Live In
http://www.amazon.com/Great-Arab-Conquests-Spread-Changed/dp/0306815850/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b

God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393064727/ref=s9sdps_c2_14_img4-rfc_p-frt_p-3215_g1-3102_p?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1ZJB9JJ7GZY3XJJ24G1P&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=436516001&pf_rd_i=507846

How Islam Created the Modern World http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590080432/ref=s9sdps_c2_14_img3-rfc_p-frt_p-3215_g1-3102_p?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1ZJB9JJ7GZY3XJJ24G1P&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=436516001&pf_rd_i=507846
Posted by sherif at 08:46
Labels: God's Crucible, Great Arab Conquests, islam science, Making of Europe, Modern World, Spread of Islam

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