Abu Bakr Al Razi – The Great Physician and Polymath of 10th Century
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi is conjointly better-known by his Persian name Rāzī and by his Latinized name Rhazes),
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Muslim Heroes
Here we take a moment to recognize the following Muslims — fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, sons, daughters, academics, advocates and religious leaders — selected by others for their individual contributions to the lives of their people and, thus, humanity at large.
Why was Muhammad Ali prepared to go to jail?
Forty-seven years ago (April 28 1967) Muhammad Ali made headlines for refusing to be drafted into the U.S. Army on
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Betty Shabbazz – What a Muslim Woman
Even as we remember Malcolm X many years later, we ought also to remember and honor his beloved wife, Dr.
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Muhammad (pbuh) – The Prophet of Peace
The prophet, sallAllahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, was the bravest of people and had the most firm heart, and no other
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Ibn Zuhr and the Progress of Surgery
This study of the original Arabic edition of the book Al-Taysir fi ‘l-Mudawat wa’l-Tadbir (Book of Simplification Concerning Therapeutics and
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Muslim Founders of Mathematics
The 7th to the 13th century was the golden age of Muslim learning. In mathematics they contributed and invented the
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The Mystery of Hayy Ibn Yaqzan
In early 12th-century Muslim Spain, a gifted philosopher, mathematician, poet, and medical doctor was born. Ibn Tufayl, or Abu Bakr
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Taqi Al-Din – The Greatest Scientist on Earth
Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma’ruf al-Shami al-Asadi (Turkish: Takiyuddin) (1526–1585) was a major Ottoman Turkish or Arab Muslim polymath: a
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Jabbir Ibn Haiyan (Geber) – Father of Chemistry
Abu Musa Jābir ibn Hayyān (born c. 721 in Tus, Iran–died c. 815 in Kufa, Iraq) was a prominent polymath:
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Ibn Tufail (Abubacer) – Most famous for Hayy ibn Yaqdhan
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Muhammad ibn Tufail al-Qaisi al-Andalusi; Latinized form: Abubacer Aben Tofail; Anglicized form: Abubekar
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