tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post243557835605128305..comments2024-03-19T09:06:21.507-04:00Comments on Irtiqa: Different sets of education efforts in Saudi Arabia and MalaysiaSalman Hameedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04327330113822656571noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38085367.post-12408417095327158152011-05-07T23:26:28.493-04:002011-05-07T23:26:28.493-04:00Nicely written. However I have a few points to men...Nicely written. However I have a few points to mention.<br /><br />You wrote:<br />"I don't know how they are going to link mathematics and sciences to Islam. I know that Pakistan does that in some cases in biology. But even there, they keep the science mostly as science."<br /><br />I had my entire undergraduate and graduate education in Pakistan, and I am aware of the references from Quranic verses in Biology books. But to me it always seemed more like promoting Islam's stance and emphasis on discovery and observing the nature. It seemed like a good effort to counter the beliefs by some hard line (pseudo) religious elements who keep science and religions at opposite poles. I think it is a good effort in that direction to nullify the confusion about religion and science.<br /><br />You also wrote:<br />"I fear that in Saudi Arabia, they may turn to the pseudoscience of finding science in the Qur'an and institutionalize in the education curricula."<br />Does finding something scientific in Quran really fit into the definition of 'pseudoscience' or is it just your personal anguish against this notion? I mean if it is mentioned in the first verse of Quran that there are many worlds, and (other verses) that moon and sun and all celestial bodies have their fixed defined orbits, and their creation and dynamics governed by pre-defined laws, I always thought it was plausible with enough reproducible evidences and can be reliably tested. <br />Having said so, I am now updating my understanding of 'pseudosciences' and would regard SETI and astrobiology etc as real sciences (having plausibility, reproducible evidences, and are reliably testable).Muhammad Akbar Hussainhttp://ww.amateurastronomers.orgnoreply@blogger.com