Some Aspects of the Islamic Contribution to Scientific Culture

Authors

  • Maurice Bucaille

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5915/21-1-5518

Keywords:

Science, History of Science, Islam

Abstract

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5915/21-1-5518

Religion and science are generally considered in Islam to be twin sisters since the revealed word of God as well as the Prophet's tradition order every Muslim to seek for science. The achievements of Islamic civilization are explained by the observance of prescriptions dictated from the beginning of Islam: the outcome was the blossoming of the scientific culture

This speech was delivered at the 20th Annual Convention of the Islamic Medical Association in Houston, TX, November, 1987.

Author Biography

Maurice Bucaille

Ancien Chef de Clinique Chirurgicale a la Faculte, Paris, France

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Published

1989-01-01

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 1 (1989)

Section

Special Articles

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