I changed my mind. I’m going to edit the “history of science” and “science and Islam” pages. – aalia

Hey, just wanted to let you all know that I’m going to edit the “Gravity” page on Wiki – aalia

Hey, I am going to do my Wiki projects on 2 articles. I am adding a section to the ‘Inventions in Medeival Islam article,” and  I am adding to the history section of the neuroscience article.

Hi people, For those of you who don’t already know about it. I have found this BBC documentary on YouTube called Science & Islam. It is hosted by a physicist, Jim Al-Khalili, who travels through Syria, Iran, Tunisia and Spain to tell the story of the great leap in scientific knowledge that took place in […]

I still think an instructional tour (to a school) to teach our own community about the contributions of Muslims to the Sciences they are studying is a good idea so I give myself a vote. Either that or informative posters to be posted on the walls of these schools. Mohamad Abdelwahab

1001 inventions video This is the 1001 inventions video Dalia posted earlier. It’s very well made and pretty entertaining. Something of this sort would be a cool project and it’s perfect for a yoing audience which corresponds to our kids book idea?

I am sure many of you know that we have trying to find guest speakers for the course, and in doing so we have been able to speak to many knowledgable scholars. Today I had the oppurtunity to speak to Dr.Alnoor Dhanani, a scholar from Harvard  University. He specializes in the fields of the history […]

Hello! So there is some weird admin setting turned on which only allows the blog admin (i.e. Raheem) to see who posted what which is kind of annoying. Could you guys please start leaving your name at the end of your posts? Also if you have a second please add this to your previous posts… […]

Hey Guys, Since we have student presentations for the next few weeks, are going to move the discussion about term project ideas here. Please comment and post your ideas! We should decide fairly soon so everybody can start working on things and avoid having all the work pile up until the end.  PS. quick note […]

Hey, This is an article I found from a couple years ago in the Vancouver Sun by Peter Mcknight, entitled “Coupling of Science and Religion.” Link:http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=920b6a41-2536-4cab-a98f-df24da4c8789 I thought it was very well written and gave a good overview of historical relations between science and religion. It has obvious relevance to our class since he talks […]