And of course, there was a very close inter-relationship between Jewish thinkers/scientists and Islamic ones as for example Maimonides who has been revered as a scientist philosopher both by Jewish scholars and Muslim ones.
A further story that might be interesting... I did a lot of work at one point in Morocco with a Moroccan who did a Ph.D. in Quebec and got Canadian citizenship and then went back to teach and do research. The project that I worked on was funded by the (Canadian) IDRC and the prime researcher went out of his way to hire a woman doing a Master's degree in Computer Science to do some programming and basic data input. As one thing led to another One of the women on the 2012 Emerging 'Tech Women' Leaders list is Moroccan Houda Chakiri. She is general manager and shareholder at Enhanced Technologies, a Morocco IT company specializing in developing e-Government solutions. Houda has a bachelor's degree in Physics, master's degree in Laser Physics and Master of Science in Computer Networks. She has worked as an IT manager overseeing different R&D projects, and is currently working to manage the change that introduction of ICT brings to the organizational, political, and social levels in public administration. She was selected among top ten finalists of Sawaed contest 2008-2009 for generating innovative ideas on using ICT to promote Arabic Content in the Arab World and was named among 100 best young social entrepreneurs in the world to attend GK3 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in December 2007. http://www.northafricapost.com/2052-four-maghrebans-among-emerging-tech-wome n-leaders-in-mena-region.html M -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of de Bivort Lawrence Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 3:30 PM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EDUCATION Subject: Re: [Futurework] [Dewayne-Net] Islam and science: The road to renewal Arthur, Read the full article. <http://www.economist.com/news/international/21570677-after-centuries-stagna tion-science-making-comeback-islamic-world-road> http://www.economist.com/news/international/21570677-after-centuries-stagnat ion-science-making-comeback-islamic-world-road On Jan 27, 2013, at 4:42 PM, Arthur Cordell wrote: > A Muslim scientific awakening is under way. > > Evidence???? > > -----Original Message----- > From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] > [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of michael > gurstein > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 3:49 PM > To: Futurework > Subject: Re: [Futurework] [Dewayne-Net] Islam and science: The road to > renewal > > Interesting article... > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] [ <mailto:[email protected]> mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Dewayne Hendricks > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 12:39 PM > To: Multiple recipients of Dewayne-Net > Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Islam and science: The road to renewal > > Islam and science: The road to renewal After centuries of stagnation > science is making a comeback in the Islamic world Jan 26th 2013 > <http://www.economist.com/news/international/21570677-after-centuries- > stagna > tion-science-making-comeback-islamic-world-road> > > THE sleep has been long and deep. In 2005 Harvard University produced > more scientific papers than 17 Arabic-speaking countries combined. The > world's > 1.6 billion Muslims have produced only two Nobel laureates in > chemistry and physics. Both moved to the West: the only living one, > the chemist Ahmed Hassan Zewail, is at the California Institute of > Technology. By contrast Jews, outnumbered 100 to one by Muslims, have > won 79. The 57 countries in the Organisation of the Islamic Conference > spend a puny 0.81% of GDP on research and development, about a third > of the world average. America, which has the world's biggest science budget, spends 2.9%; Israel lavishes 4.4%. > > Many blame Islam's supposed innate hostility to science. Some > universities seem keener on prayer than study. Quaid-i-Azam University > in Islamabad, for example, has three mosques on campus, with a fourth > planned, but no bookshop. Rote learning rather than critical thinking > is the hallmark of higher education in many countries. The Saudi > government supports books for Islamic schools such as "The > Unchallengeable Miracles of the Qur'an: The Facts That Can't Be Denied > By Science" suggesting an inherent conflict between belief and reason. > > Many universities are timid about courses that touch even tangentially > on politics or look at religion from a non-devotional standpoint. > Pervez Hoodbhoy, a renowned Pakistani nuclear scientist, introduced a > course on science and world affairs, including Islam's relationship > with science, at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, one of > the country's most progressive universities. Students were keen, but > Mr Hoodbhoy's contract was not renewed when it ran out in December; > for no proper reason, he says. (The university insists that the > decision had nothing to do with the course > content.) > > But look more closely and two things are clear. A Muslim scientific > awakening is under way. And the roots of scientific backwardness lie > not with religious leaders, but with secular rulers, who are as stingy > with cash as they are lavish with controls over independent thought. > > [snip] > > > > Dewayne-Net RSS Feed: < <http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress> http://www.warpspeed.com/wordpress> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] > <https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework> https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] > <https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework> https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework> https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
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