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Ahmad (religion, science, and freedom; U. of Maryland), a Palestinian-American Muslim, advances the...
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Ahmad (religion, science, and freedom; U. of Maryland), a Palestinian-American Muslim, advances the thesis that the myth of an incompatibility between religion and science is an accident of Western civilization, born out of its unique history. As an alternative example, he presents the attitudes towards science put forward in the Qur'an and the Prophetic traditions and by the great Muslim scholars of the classical era. The first edition appeared in 1992, and though this second is more academic, it is still intended to be accessible to lay readers. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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