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Nature 448, 131-133 (12 July 2007) | doi:10.1038/448131a; Published online 11 July 2007
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Beyond the troubled relationship
Ziauddin Sardar1
- This article is an edited version of a lecture that Ziauddin Sardar, a London-based writer, first gave to the Royal Society in London.
Abstract
If scientific culture in the Muslim world has changed since the golden era of Islamic science, so has the practice of Islam. Reintroducing knowledge and creativity requires a revival of both, argues Ziauddin Sardar.
On Islam and science two things can be stated with some certainty. One, science thrived during the classical period of Islam; two, science in Muslim society has suffered a drastic decline.
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