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1001 Inventions: Muslim
Heritage in our World [Foundation for
Science Technology and Civilisation Discover the Muslim Heritage in our World
What do coffee
beans, torpedoes, surgical scalpels, arches and observatories all have in
common? A golden age of
civilization, from 600 and 1600 CE, will unfold, because medieval Muslims were
trailblazers in fields as diverse as medicine and mechanics, cartography and
chemistry, education and engineering, architecture and astronomy. No area was
too obscure to miss the scrutiny of enquiry backed up by rigid scientific
experimentation. There are even recipes to try out, and everything is beautifully illustrated. I wish I had had this book fifty years ago.' Adam Hart-Davis; Photographer, Writer and TV Science Presenter of BBC Series ‘What the Ancients Did for Us’. more:1001
Inventions Exhibition
Islamic
Banking and Finance: Current Developments in Theory and Practice This book is an attempt to provide an overview of such developments, which were discussed in the 4th International Conference on Islamic Economics and Banking held at Loughborough University, UK during August 13-15, 2000. The book particularly discusses the performance, prospects and challenges facing the Islamic financial industry and highlights the opportunities offered by Islamic financial instruments as an alternative way to financial intermediation. Main contents:
Muslims in the West: the Message and Mission
Syed Abul Hasan Ali
Nadwi
Paperback 192 pages ISBN: 0860371301 Edited by Khurram Murad What is the real purpose and mission of Muslims living in Western countries? A great scholar explains in this series of short speeches delivered in Europe 1963, 1964, 1969 and in America in 1977 Muslims have been blessed by Allah throughout Europe and America. We have been blessed economically, academically and socially. Does this blessing demands any responsibility from us? Maulana
Syed Abul Hasan 'Ali Nadwi, one of the most prolific writers and original
thinkers of our time, author of well over fifty books in various languages, and
a scholar of rare distinction, passed into the mercy of Allah in December
1999.
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