The Islamic world view and modern science.
The author in this article marks various factors that have motivated Muslims to adopt science and technology. In the earlier days the interest of Muslims in science and technology was due to their intellectual necessity to consolidate political independence. But their interest in science has increased today because of its being considered as the most potent means for global domination. Most of the Muslims emulate science without any critical evaluation. They are impervious to the wisdom that science offers and hence increases the depth of understanding of God's sign (ayat) and His art of creation. The author also urged Muslims to realize the devastating consequences caused by the unethical use of modern science. To him such a science that accelerates mass destruction and moral degeneration is opposed to the Islamic science which is based not on reason alone but also on revelation that promotes peace and harmony, and helps mankind to live at peace. The link that has been advocated today between science and ethics by some western writers is most deceptive and incredible, because that link primarily corresponds to a worldview which has been supplanted by that of modern science. Contrary to this the harmony between science and Islam cultivated by Muslims of over a millenium leads to the omnipotence and omniscence of God and guarantees welfare for the whole human kind.
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Islamic Studies, The George Washington University, Washington, DC.
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