A Project that Enlightens History

1001 Inventions is a global educational initiative that promotes awareness of a thousand years of scientific and cultural achievements from Muslim civilisation from the 7th century onwards, and how those contributions helped build the foundations of our modern world. The 1001 Inventions global touring exhibition and the educational products that accompany the exhibition all highlight the scientif...

Putting things in Perspective: Rereading the Prophet’s Life

The first thing to start with is to put our trust in Allah (swa) and never feel discouraged, because this is the path of the Prophets, and the path of all of those who follow the paths of the Prophets. Jamal A. Badawi is an Egyptian born Muslim Canadian and former professor in the Sobey School of Business,Saint Mary's University in Halifax,Nova Scotia. He is a well-known au...

Women in Muslim Civilization

Muhammad Akram Nadwi, who published a forty-volume biographical dictionary of women muhaddithat (scholars of hadith) gave a speech about the role of women in Islamic civilization in Istanbul on March 13, Saturday. Nadwi is a scholar of hadith and fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) and is currently a research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. He has published over twenty-five books in the ...