SCIENCE & ISLAM EP3 2of6 | The Power Of Doubt

In the Final episode of the series Al-Khalili turns detective, hunting for clues that show how the scientific revolution that took place in the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe had its roots in the earlier world of medieval Islam. He travels across Iran, Syria and Egypt to discover the huge astronomical advances made by Islamic scholars through their obsession with accurate measurement and coherent and rigorous mathematics.

He then visits Italy to see how those Islamic ideas permeated into the West and ultimately helped shape the works of the great European astronomer Copernicus, and investigates why science in the Islamic world appeared to go into decline after the 16th and 17th centuries, only for it to re-emerge in the present day.

First shown on BBC4 19/01/2009
Professor Jim Al-Khalili presents Science and Islam

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[peppergirlrocks]

this is amazing

[lesly3343]

woow.!!!!

[TaterGumfries]

@alimalim2 Yeah, you do modify what the Koran says to conform to the hadith when you choose the hadith's punishment for adultery over that prescribed in the Koran.

[alimalim2]

@TaterGumfries , You are wrong my friend. Kor'an not modify according the hadiths, it is opposite. And prophets in religiogous subjects doesn't say anything b ythemself, what they say it is inspire to them. When you read Gospel of Juan very carefully, Jesus many times confess it and say "without God permission I doesn'T do o doesn't say anything."

[TaterGumfries]

@salma3022 They might say that, but they treat him like he is much more than a man. Y'all always sayin PBUH or Peace Be Upon Him. Why's that? That ain't normal. That's not how you treat a man. And then the folks followin him around write down what he said, even though the Koran is the only thing he wrote that Allah told him to write. The hadiths is just his personality, not the word of Allah. So don't tell me you don't worship him. You even modify what the Koran says so it agrees with hadiths.

[YoureSmokingCrack]

@TaterGumfries

Perhaps you have so many questions because you have not done enough research. Continue to learn and your eyes will open much wider. There is only one God and he was so gracious and merciful to bless man with the prophets who held within them Gods word and the spirit of truth. The hadith is filled with prophecies that are coming to pass, why not take it seriously if the words are written are truth? Do yourself a favor and find real truth and your world will change...salaam

[YoureSmokingCrack]

Thanks micro! These are great vids ^^

[TaterGumfries]

@salma3022 How come y'all keep sayin peace be upon him, and praise his name and such? How come you take them hadiths so serious when it was just a man wrote em?

[salma3022]

@TaterGumfries what kind of idiot are you. Muslims never worship Prophet Muhammed { Peace upon him } .! ! ! They are pure Monotheists. They pray only Allah - the God of the entire universe. Proph muhammed { peace upon him } encouraged to study , search and get kowledge , In islam searching knowledge also a kind of prayer.You better first get knowledge about Islam and then do critisize muslims.

[salma3022]

@TaterGumfries what kind of idiot are you. Muslims never worship Prophet Muhammed { Peace upon him } .! ! ! They are pure Monotheists. They pray only Allah - the God of the entire universe. Proph muhammed { peace upon him } encouraged to study , search and get kowledge , In islam searching knowledge also a kind of prayer.You better first get knowledge about Islam and then do critisize.

[TaterGumfries]

Modern Muslims should take note of this. Don't make worship of Mohammad the center of your life. Study the universe that God has made!