Archive for the ‘Education & Science’ category
How Watching Pornography Changes The Brain
By Mohamed Ghilan, UVic Neuroscience It is now recognized in neuroscience that the brain is malleable. It changes with our experience and forms pathways and connections that correlate with what we watch, listen to, and learn. From the active engagement in a philosophical discussion in class to the learning of directions in the new city [...]
The Chemistry of Faith
By Iman Badawi I never liked chemistry because I wasn’t good at it. Even now, as I fully admit, that it is unfair to have judged the messy subject by my own personal limitations, I still feel stress every time I hear the word “lab” or see someone wearing goggles. Most people love mixing things, a [...]
Abu Hurairah: Opportunity & Sacrifice
Imam Abu Hurairah (ra) was the Prophet’s companion ﷺ (peace be upon him) for only three years, but he narrated the most ahadith from amongst the other sahabah (Prophet’s companions). During these three years, Abu Hurairah did not earn a living; he accompanied the Prophet ﷺ wherever he went. In various narrations, Abu Hurairah mentions [...]
Science and Islam: Rethinking the Relationship
by Abdulrahman El-Sayed A recent article in the International Journal of Cardiology entitled “The heart and cardiovascular system in Qur’an and Hadith” analyzes the concept of the heart in Islam with regards to cardiac physiology and cardiovascular disease in the biomedical context, and discusses relevant historical Muslim scholarship about health and disease. Received by the Muslim community with [...]
Imam al-Ghazali on Studying Science
A thousand years ago, Imam al-Ghazali wrote in his autobiography Deliverance from Error: “A clumsy and stupid person must be kept away from the seashore, not the proficient swimmer; and a child must be prevented from handling a snake, not the skilled snake-charmer.” This was his advice in regards to the science of philosophy, particularly [...]
“Koran Boy” and Miracles
Last October a popular British tabloid, The Sun, printed a story about a young Muslim boy in Dagestan, dubbed “Koran Boy” whose family claimed that miraculous imprints of the Quran would appear on his body at varying times.1We all may have encountered stories in this vein at one time or another – reports of a [...]
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