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How are Muslims contributing to the development of science?
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| Islam and science are mostly perceived in the west as incompatible. However, the very revelation of the Holy Qur'an sets precedence 14 centuries before modern science through its many miracles that now have been proved scientifically. Also, early Islamic history shows that Muslims like Ibn Sina, Al-Farabi, Omar Khayyam, Averroes, al-Ghazali, and Ibn Khaldum among many others, were pioneers of modern science.
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Baghdad Islamic Culture at its Height in Philosophy and Science
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| The Islamic Golden Age is traditionally dated from the mid-8th to the mid-13th century A.D. (sack of Baghdad) although it has been extended by one scholar to at least the 15th century. During this period, artists, engineers, scholars, poets, philosophers, geographers and traders in the Islamic world contributed to agriculture, the arts, economics, industry, law, literature, navigation, philosophy, sciences, sociology, and technology, both by preserving earlier traditions and by adding inventions and innovations of their own. Howard R. Turner writes: "Muslim artists and scientists, princes and laborers together made a unique culture that has directly and indirectly influenced societies on every continent.
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East Africa Drought
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| A series of interviews with IRI scientists on the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa
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Desertec Industrial Initiative
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| A plan to turn the desert sunshine of the Middle East and North Africa into electricity, both for the region and for export to Europe
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The Journey of Science
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| It takes viewers through a brief history of scientific discovery and explores the possibility of future discovery fueled by the establishment of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia
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Climate Dish
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| A meal sets the scene for home-made climate disasters
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