Sep
28
A Thousand Years of Science
September 28, 2007 | 1 Comment
Science is almost a thousand years old. Prepare the B’day cake.
Feb
24
Religion Makes Fittest
February 24, 2007 | 21 Comments
“… and fear Allah, so that you may prosper” the Qur’an (2:189)
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An estimated 84% of the world’s population attach themselves to one religion or the other. 16% of the world’s population do not. Even some of them may not be Atheists. Just does not like institutionalised religion.
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Jan
20
Astronomy’s (Unknown) Past
January 20, 2007 | 6 Comments
Do you know of all known scientists, who is it that first proposed a round Earth, spinning and going round the Sun?
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Jan
10
Science and Religion
January 10, 2007 | 16 Comments
Many able men and women has taken on this issue. I am just being a bit adventurous. I hope I shall not be too naive.We must think logically says a scientist.
A religious person says come, submit to God Almighty.
Submit. Doesn’t that naturally mean to stop questioning?
That brings us to the age old debate- Science […]
Dec
17
Everything under the Sun?
December 17, 2006 | 3 Comments
Admit it. We often say it.
Have you ever stopped to think about what does it mean?
If you have not, and if you are interested, then let us do it now. So the blue ball is the Earth, and the yellow one is the Sun.
The person A has Sun above his head. So for him down […]
Dec
5
Another Piece of History
December 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment
I’ve been watching many videos these days. I guess I’m hooked. Another one I thought worth sharing (approximately 21 mins long)
Honestly I do not know what language it is in. There is english subtitle, but that is not very well visible. The video quality is poor too. I apologise for that.
Dec
5
Poor Mention?
December 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment
This is the last of my series of three posts on ‘Islamic’ science. (The previous ones are here and here). It is beyond doubt now that Muslims contributed a lot to modern science, as Adam Hart-Davis says The Arabs preserved, expanded, and improved the knowledge of the ancient Greeks. Without them, modern life would look […]
Dec
3
‘Islamic’ Science
December 3, 2006 | 6 Comments
Seek knowledge, even unto China. So said the prophet, peace and blessings on him.
I was already saying in a previous post that Muslims contributed a lot to science, though we don’t see that in our science textbooks (a good source is this; can be bought here). Maybe because they’re not ‘white science’! The Europeans are, […]
Nov
30
The Great Debate and The Pope
November 30, 2006 | 3 Comments
The Pope is visiting Turkey. Protests are taking place against the pontiff. This is from a BBC report(here):
The Pope’s words which sparked this and so many other demos came in a lecture back in September to his old university at Regensburg in Germany. He quoted the remarks of the 14th Century Byzantine emperor Manuel II […]