The Language of God, a Muslim Review

Filled with academically enriching, spiritually enlightening and emotionally stirring moments, The Language of God keeps readers deeply engrossed. The book can be appreciated from various angles; it can be seen as a lesson in the history of major benchmarks in science, or as a spiritual refresher that resonates with readers from diverse traditions. Even I can attest to this, as despite my Islamic convictions, the words of this devout Christian author have been spiritually moving. The book has reminded me of the indisputable signs of God’s existence, signs that we often forget to appreciate in our busy lives. Perhaps I can call the arrival of this book into my hands a fortuitous event, although, with Collins’s reminder fresh in mind, it would be more accurate to ascribe this event to fate, to God’s long-term plans. God has already written a script for the course of history, and His cast includes planets, mountain ranges, trees, reptiles, and even human beings. However, this script is written in a text incomprehensible to us, a text we will never decrypt in our lifetimes: This is the Language of God.

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Muslim Heritage Images

Muslim Heritage Images is a new site which claims to be the “leading online library of the images related to Muslims and their contributions to civilization and technology”, with the “largest and most comprehensive archive of digital media on all aspects of Muslim Heritage”.

Should prove an exciting and invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in Islamic Art, Civilization and History, inshallah.

Why Believe?

Sunni Sister answers the question lingering in the hearts of many souls floating between certainty and doubt: why believe?

Because it makes sense.

And if you didn’t still believe, you wouldn’t have even bothered to ask the question, dear sister.

Because the why is all around you. Because the why is inside of you.

“Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new,…”

Doug discusses Islam’s contribution to Science:

Turns out all sorts of things were invented in the Muslim World. In fact it’s simple to refute the Pope…

[Note from the Editor: The 'zero' was actually invented in India, as mentioned in the comments section of the above entry. However, its common use in modern times is due to the important role that the early Muslim world played in knowledge preservation and dissemination, in addition to invention and discovery.]

IMASE 4th Research Colloquium

The International Muslim Association of Scientists and Engineers (IMASE) are holding their fourth research colloquium in London, on Saturday 23rd June 2007.

Are you a Muslim researcher?
Thinking about pursuing research?

Following the success of our previous colloquia the International Muslim Association of Scientists and Engineers invites you once again to join us for our Summer 2007 Colloquium this June.
The objective of the research colloquium is to reap the collective benefits of bringing together researchers within a Muslim environment. Muslim Society continues to undervalue study at the higher levels and the communication of research within its fold.
Whether you are an established academic, a PhD student or someone thinking of pursuing research, this is a chance for you to present your findings to other researchers within an Islamic environment. Your subject area could be in ANY discipline; Maths, Biology, History, Art, Tafsir or even Archaeology; we would like to hear from you.
If you would like to take part, have any questions about IMASE or how to pitch your presentation please e-mail us on info(at)imase(dot)org

For more details on time and location, please click here.

IMASE are also offering help to academic researchers in other parts of the world to set up their own colloquia.

If you haven’t already done so, please enter your details in their Global Expertise Database.