Documentary

After centuries of stagnation science is making a comeback in the Islamic world

The road to renewal THE sleep has been long and deep. In 2005 Harvard University produced more scientific papers than 17 Arabic-speaking countries combined. The world’s 1.6 billion Muslims have produced only two Nobel laureates in chemistry and physics. Both moved to the West: the only living one, the chemist Ahmed Hassan Zewail, is at the California Institute of Technology. …

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JAPAN and MUSLIMS

  The Japanese are a very evolved race.   Have you ever read in the newspaper that a political leader or a prime minister from an Islamic nation has visited Japan? Have you ever come across news that the Ayatollah of Iran or the King of Saudi Arabia or even a Saudi Prince has visited Japan?   Japan is a …

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A Saudi Welcome. By Omar Hayat – Life and Society

  "MUHAMMAD", the young Saudi boy, who appeared no more than 7 years old, shouted at my colleague, a respected senior Engineer from Syria who had been working in Saudi for many years. "MUHAMMAD!" My colleague turned to me, rolling his eyes in sad resignation, and said, "Welcome to Saudi Arabia!" I had been in Saudi only a few days and …

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