Quest for Islamic Science

Oh darn, I got so busy with my engineering studies that I neglected this blog :( My sincere apologies. I will try finding time to update all facets of this blog, inshallah.

Take care, my friends!

http://www.iiu.edu.my/istac/sina/

This conference was held at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), Kuala Lumpur, between 9th and 10th January 2008. I was lucky enough to have had the opportunity to attend it. Am still mulling over its positive and negative points though. There were some interesting characters there. Will post more about tomorrow Inshallah.

Assalamualiakum. Alright, now for a proper post. 

While I have the slight impatience that we need to start reviving and implementing the Islamic Sciences now, the movement of such has been started since the 70’s . Alhamdulillah; initiatives by Syed Hossein Nasr, Munawar A. Anees, Abdus Salam and Muzaffar Iqbal amongst many others have instilled the importance of Islamic Science with their amazing insights and contributions. Institutions such as  Muslim Heritage, Center for Islamic & Science, COMSTECH (under OIC) play a key role in educating the contemporary world about science in Islam as well as propogating S&T initiatives in Muslim countries around the world.

Unfortunately, three decades on, the influence of the Western secular sciences still remains in most of the Muslim countries. Some problems include political obstacles (might be cliche to mention that, but nonetheless its a real and substaintial problem), uninformed or even ignorant Muslim scientific intellects, as well as the opposition from Western scientists who remain stubborn to accept the unity of “science” and “faith”. It is clear that this is a herculean task. Despite that, the foundations are already laid out. Substantial research has been done about the past contributions of the Muslim scientists. The information is there in books and countless internet resources.

The internet is not to be underestimated, by the way. It is the tool of this century that can unite the whole of the Ummah. Sites like Hadithuna are just some of the places where Muslims can propogate ideas and share ilm across cyberspace. Another reason of the importance of Internet? This is where the youths (children, teenagers and young adults) reach out and learn. One can easily point out that if portals like social networking sites and video sharing sites can easily attract them, so can Islamic websites that help with the revivial of the Muslim Ummah.

What’s next is for the youth today to appreciate the efforts done by Muslim scientists; from the past as well as the present. Next, we must utilize all the knowledge. Finally, we must embed the Islamic scientific methodology, in which reason is under the subservient of the Quran.

We are the future of Islam, so we must acknowledge and accept the responsibilities of what me must do, Inshallah :)

Alhamdulillah, I’ve added some additional pages. At least I know where this blog is heading too, haha. I think the under lying structure is there. During the break in the weekend I’ll try to start doing some research for each pages.

I’m glad to undertake this, as it will increase my own knowledge A LOT too. Im thinking of getting others to contribute to this blog too Inshallah.

For something as ambitious as this, I’d really have to plan properly. I’ll try to seek guidance from one of my lecturers who taught me Islam, Knowledge & Civilization. He was the one who first inspired me to undertake this kind of thing. If it weren’t for the 20 page assignment about the Rise & Fall of the Islamic Civilization, I would have remained ignorant of Islam’s past achievements in the Islamic Golden age. Alhamdulillah =) Anyhow, the blog @ science.hadithuna.com seems a good place to continue, because its got lots of free plugins to use! I’ll maintain this one for different purposes, I suppose. Maybe I’ll export the posts there. Hmm..

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^ I hope it works!

Alhamdulillah, I have started this blog on wordpress. I had a number of blogs on other blog hosts, but I believe wordpress would suit my purposes really well! Inshallah, I will be part of the existing efforts to revive the heritage of Islamic Sciences for these contemporary times. Its an uphill battle, for I am merely an engineering student. However, as a Muslim, it is my duty to contribute to the Islamic Ummah as much as I could. This is quite an ambitious journey, and sure to wrought with obstacles. What will start of as months or years of research and collaboration with like-minded Muslims (especially youths), to utilizing the Islamic scientific method, will Inshallah result in the revival of the amazing Islamic science and thus the Islamic Ummah =)

Peace!

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I just created a blog just like this @ wordpress.com

http://questforilm.wordpress.com/

Only then did I stumble upon this weblog service. I got quite a cool address here, so Im torn whether to continue my quest here or at wordpress.com.. *ponders*

I did notice it took a while to load stuff here compared to the other host. We’ll see. Perhaps I could maintian both Inshallah!