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Abduh, Muhammad (Biography)
1849 – 1905 Egyptian scholar , reformer Many scholars consider Muhammad Abduh the architect of Islamic modernism. His early years included a traditional education ...
Source: The Islamic World: Past and Present
Abdus Salam (Biography)
An unsophisticated home environment notwithstanding, he rapidly outpaced his teachers, who recognized and respected the young boy’s talent for physics and mathematics. Winning a ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam
Abortion (Subject Entry)
Muslim jurists uniformly hold abortion to be blameworthy but permissible under certain conditions. Ensoulment of the fetus is understood to occur 120 days after ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Abortion (Subject Entry)
Legal experts define abortion as the deliberate expulsion of the fetus from the womb prematurely and artificially without the presence of any need for ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Abortion (Subject Entry)
Abortion is the deliberate termination of a pregnancy. Because it ends a developing life, abortion raises ethical and legal issues. It is a highly ...
Source: The Islamic World: Past and Present
Abortion (Subject Entry)
Legal experts define abortion as the deliberate expulsion of the fetus from the womb prematurely and artificially without the presence of any need for ...
Source: The [Oxford] Encyclopedia of Islam and Law
Abortion (Subject Entry)
Background Abortion refers to the procedure for terminating a pregnancy before the fetus has reached viability, that is, able to survive independently. An abortion ...
Source: The Encyclopedia of Islamic Bioethics
Adab al-Tabib (Subject Entry)
See Bioethics ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Aesthetic Theory (Subject Entry)
There was a well-developed discussion of aesthetics in classical Islam, especially with respect to literature. Indeed, one of the most popular proofs for the ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam
Afghānī, Jamāl al-Dīn (Biography)
One of the most important figures of modern Islam, Sayyid Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī is considered the founding father of several intellectual and political trends, ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam
Agricultural Sciences (Subject Entry)
In order to understand the extent of the agricultural revolution that Islam brought about, it is important to look at the state of agriculture ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam
Agriculture (Subject Entry)
There are thirty-four countries with both significant agricultural sectors and majority Muslim populations. They form a broad band running from west to east across ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Ahmed Nakşi (Biography)
( fl. 1619 – 22 ). Ottoman painter and astrologer . Employed as the official timekeeper at the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, he was ...
Source: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture
Akhlāq (Subject Entry)
See Ethics . ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam
Alchemy (Subject Entry)
The term alchemy refers to certain “scientific” ideas and practices of the medieval world. Alchemists believed it was possible to change common metals such ...
Source: The Islamic World: Past and Present
Alchemy (Subject Entry)
Arabic ilm al-kimiyah . The science of alchemy combined occult practices, such as the transformation of the spirit, with scientific concerns and methodologies, but ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
Alchemy (Subject Entry)
From the perspective of the history of science, alchemy can legitimately be considered an Islamic creation. Notwithstanding some developments in ancient China, it was ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World
Alchemy (Subject Entry)
The word alchemy derives from the Arabic al-kīmiyā , whose etymology is still open to question. Some believe it is derived from the Egyptian ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam
Algebra (Subject Entry)
Also called “abstract algebra” or “modern algebra,” algebra has a central place in modern mathematics. Not only is it one of the principal branches ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Science, and Technology in Islam
Alhazen (Biography)
See Ibn al-Haytham, Abu Ali al-Hasan ...
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
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