“Muslims – who comprise one-fifth of all humanity - will continue to suffer an undignified and degraded existence if science, and particularly a rational approach to human problems, is considered alien to Islamic culture.” ScienceIslamic Culture Book:Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality Source: Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality
“The Hanbalite Ibn Taymiya understood Ilm (knowledge) as referring to that knowledge which derives from the Prophet. Everything else he regarded either as useless or no science at all, even though it might be called by that name.” ScienceMuslimIbn Taymiyyah Book:Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality Source: Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality