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Commentary
Nature 448, 131-133 (12 July 2007) | doi:10.1038/448131a; Published online 11 July 2007
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.
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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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