Yamine Mermer and Redha AmeurBeyond the ‘Modern’: SaĂąd al-NĈrsą’s View of Science (2:2)

Mustansir Mir Scientific Exegesis of the QurāĀn—A Viable Project? (2:1)

Seyyed Hossein Nasr A Conversation: Islam, Science and Muslims (1:1)

The Achievements of Ibn SąnĀ in the Field of Science and his Contributions to its Philosophy (1:2)

Islam, Muslims, and Modern Technology (3:2)

The Question of Cosmogenesis—The Cosmos as a Subject of Scientific Study (4:1)

On Biological Origins (4:2)

On the Environmental Crisis (5:1)

Hamid ParsaniaUnseen and Visible (4:1)

Descent and Manifestation (4:1)

Roshdi RashedWhat was Islamic in the Islamic Scientific Tradition? (1:1)

Between Philosophy and Mathematics: Examples of Interactions in Classical Islam (3:2)

Jalees RehmanSearching for “Scientific Facts” in the QurāĀn: Islamization of Knowledge or a New Form of Scientism? (1:2)

David C. ReismanAn Unfortunate Response: Iqbal on Gutas (2:1)

Mohammed RustomEschatology, Psychology, and Imagination in MullĀ ĎadrĀ ShąrĀzą’s commentary on the Čadąth of Awakening (5:1)

ĂAdi SetiaPhilosophy of Science of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (1:2)

Taskhąr, Fine-Tuning, Intelligent Design and the Scientific Appreciation of Nature (2:1)

Fakhr al-Dąn al-RĀzą on Physics and the Nature of the Physical World: A Preliminary Survey (2:2)

Islamic Science as a Scientific Research Program: Conceptual and Pragmatic Issues (3:1)

The Theologico-Scientific Research Program of the MutakallimĈn: Intellectual Historical Context and Contemporary Concerns with Special Reference to Fakhr al-Dąn al-RĀzą (3:2)

Atomism Versus Hylomorphism in the KalĀm of al-Fakhr al-Dąn al-RĀzą:A Preliminary Survey of the MaćĀlib al-ĂĊliyyah (4:2)

Three Meanings of Islamic Science: Toward Operationalizing Islamization of Science (5:1)

The Inner Dimension of Going Green: Articulating an Islamic Deep-Ecology (5:2)

Hamid VahidIslamic Humanism: From Silence to Extinction—A Brief Analysis of Abdulkarim Soroush’s Thesis of Evolution and Devolution of Religious Knowledge (3:1)

Pallacken Abdul WahidOrigin of Genetic Information and Evolution of Biological Species (3:1)

EDITORIALS—SHADHRAH

Blood, Oil, and Water Flow (1:1)The Absence of Leadership (1:2) The Reign of Quantity (2:1)Why Does Ice Float on Water? (2:2)Science, Apricots, and the Sacredness of Nature (3:1)And the Earth Quakes (3:2)The Alpha and Omega (4:1)On the Origins of Life (4:2)The Need for a New Science (5:1)Jewels, Honey, Blindness, and Sight (5:2)

ARTICLES

Mohamad Abdalla Ibn KhaldĈn on the Fate of Islamic Science after the 11th Century (5:1)

Wan Suhaimi Wan AbdullahIbn SąnĀ and AbĈ al-BarakĀt al-BaghdĀdą on the Origination of the Soul (ĄĈdĈth al-nafs) and the Invalidation of its Transmigration (ibćĀl al-tanĀsukh)(5:2)

Alparslan Açıkgenç Holistic Approach to Scientific Traditions (1:1)

Syamsuddin Arif Preserving the Semantic Structure of Islamic Key Terms and Concepts: Izutsu, al-Attas, and al-RĀghib al-IĆfĀhĀną (5:2)

Osman BakarReformulating a Comprehensive Relationship be-tween Religion and Science: An Islamic Perspective (1:1)

Rafik Berjak and Muzaffar Iqbal (Translators)Ibn SąnĀ—al-BąrĈną Correspondence (1-4)

Philip ClaytonThe State of the International Religion-Science Discussion Today (2:1)

Mehdi GolshaniDoes Science Offer Evidence of a Transcendent Reality and Purpose? (1:1)

Some Important Questions Concerning the Relationship between Science and Religion (3:1)

Science for Humanity: An Islamic Perspective (5:2)

Dimitri Gutas Islam and Science: A False Statement of the Problem (1:2)

S. Nomanul HaqScience, Scientism, and the Liberal Arts (1:2)

Muzaffar Iqbal Islam and Science: Responding to a False Approach (1:2)

Into His Lord’s Mercy: Remembering Martin Lings (3:2)

The International Religion-Science Discourse: Pitfalls, Obstacles, and Opportunities (3:2)

In the Beginning: Islamic Perspectives on Cosmological Origins—I (4:1)

In the Beginning: Islamic Perspectives on Cosmological Origins—II (4:2)

Mahmud Rifat KademoğluRemembering Muhammad Hamidullah (1:1)

Ibrahim KalinBetween Physics and Metaphysics: MullĀ ĎadrĀ on Nature and Motion (1:1)

Mohammad Hashim KamaliIslam, Rationality and Science (1:1)

Reading the Signs: A QurāĀnic Perspective on Thinking (4:2)

M. S. KhanQĀăą ĎĀĂid’s Introduction to his ďabaqĀt al-Umam (2:2)

David A. King Reflections on Some New Studies on Applied Science in Islamic Societies (8th-19th Centuries) (2:1)

Islam & Science2003—20072003—2007

BOOKS REVIEWED

Alparslan Açikgenç: Islamic Science: Towards a Definition (3:1)

William Chittick: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul (5:2)

Pietro Croce: Vivisection or Science? An Investigation into Testing Drugs and Safeguarding Health (3:1)

M. I. H. Farooqi: Plants of the Qur’an (3:2)

M. I. H. Farooqi: Medicinal Plants in the Traditions of the Prophet Muhammad: Scientific Study of the Prophetic Medicine, Food and Perfumes (Aromatics) (3:2)

Gad Freudenthal: Science in the Medieval Hebrew and Arabic Traditions (4:2)

Mehdi Golshani: Issues in Islam and Science (2:2)

Elma Ruth Harder: Reclaiming the Islamic Intellectual Tradition: Islamic Texts Society and its Publications (2:2)

A. Y. al-Hassan (Editor), Maqbul Ahmed, and A. Z. Iskandar (Co-Editors): The Different Aspects of Islamic Culture, Volume 4: Science and Technology in Islam, (4:2)Jan P. Hogendijk and Abdelhamid I. Sabra: The Enterprise of Science in Islam—New Perspectives (2:1)

C. Snouck Hurgronje: Mekka in the Latter Part of the 19th Century (5:2)

Ekmeleddine Ihsanoğlu (Chief Editor), The Different Aspects of Islamic Culture,Volume 5: Culture and Learning in Islam, (4:2)Muhammad Ali Khalidi (ed.): The Medieval Islamic Philosophical Writings (4:2)

David King: World-Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca: Innovation and Tradition in Islamic Science (1:1)

David King: In Synchrony with the Heavens: Studies in Astronomical Timekeeping and Instrumentation in Medieval Islamic Civilization (4:1)

Andrew J. Lane: A Traditional MuĂtazilite QurāĀn Commentary (5:1)

Paul Lettinck: Aristotle’s Meteorology and its Reception in the Arab World (2:1)

Daniel A. Madigan: The QurāĀn’s Self-Image: Writing and Authority in Islam’s Scripture (2:1)

Seyyed Hossein Nasr and Muzaffar Iqbal: Islam, Science, Muslims, and Technology: Seyyed Hossein Nasr in Conversation with Muzaffar Iqbal (5:2)

Hamid Parsania: Existence and the Fall: The Spirtual Anthropology of Islam (5:2)

Franz Rosenthal: Knowledge Triumphant (5:2)

Walid A. Saleh: The Formation of the Classical Tafsąr Tradition: The QurāĀn Commentary of al-ThaĂlabą (5:1)

Sarah Stroumsa, Freethinkers of Medieval Islam (2:1)

Bron R. Taylor et al, The Encyclopaedia of Religion and Nature (4:1)

A. Bouhdiba (Chief Editor) and M. MaĂrĈf al-DawĀląbą (Co-Editor): The Different Aspects of Islamic Culture, Volume 2: The Individual and Society in Islam

Brian Tokar (ed.), Redesigning Life? The Worldwide Challenge to Genetic Engineering (3:1)

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EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD

Zafar Ishaq AnsariInternational Islamic University, Islamabad

Syed Muhammad Naquib al-AttasKuala Lumpur

William C. ChittickState University of New York, Stony Brook

Ahmad DallalGeorgetown University, Washington DC

Mehdi GolshaniInstitute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran

Syed Nomanul HaqUniversity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Muhammad Hashim KamaliInternational Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

Mustansir MirYoungstown State University, Youngstown

Seyyed Hossein NasrGeorge Washington University, Washington DC

Hamid ParsaniaBĀqir al-ĂulĈm University, Qum

Roshdi RashedCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris

Mustafa Abu SwayAl-Quds University, Jerusalem

Muhammad Suheyl UmarIqbal Academy, Lahore

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Islam & Science explores, from an Islamic perspective, philosophical and religious implications of data that originate in the physical, biological, and social sciences. The journal also publishes articles that enhance our understanding of Islam, Islamic thought and civilization.