Science and Islam (Icon Science)

they wanted the latest knowledge in order to help govern their territories and eliminate their enemies; and they wanted to shape societies in which people made decisions based on evidence and in which science, technology and rational thinking were important.

many of the leaders of Islam’s empires saw the relationship between science and society as would politicians in the modern age. They believed that the power of the mind could take us to places where no human had ventured in the past;

that science is more than just ‘science’. It is the result of the vision of those who govern us about where they want to take their societies in the future.

Knowledge has no borders, wisdom has no race or nationality. To block out ideas is to block out the kingdom of God