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What is Irtiqa?
Irtiqa is Salman Hameed's blog. A few years ago (before Facebook killed many of the blogs), it used to track stories of science & religion, especially those related to Muslim societies. That is still one of its foci, but now it dovetails more of Salman's interests including film, astronomy, science fiction, and science outreach in both Pakistan and the US.
Irtiqa literally means evolution in Urdu. But it does not imply only biological evolution. Instead, it is an all encompassing word used for evolution of the universe, biological evolution, and also for biological/human development. While it has created confusion in debates over biological evolution in South Asia, it provides a nice integrative name for this blog. For further information, contact Salman Hameed.
The blog banner is designed by Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad. You can find all his creative endeavors at Orangie.
Salman Hameed
Salman is an astronomer and Associate Professor of Integrated Science & Humanities at Hampshire College, Massachusetts. Currently, he is working on understanding the rise of creationism in contemporary Islamic world and how Muslims view the relationship between science & religion. He is also working with historian Tracy Leavelle at Creighton University to analyze reconciliation efforts between astronomers and Native Hawaiians over telescopes on top of sacred Mauna Kea in Hawaii. He teaches “History and Philosophy of Science & Religion” with philosopher Laura Sizer, and “Science in the Islamic World”, both at Hampshire College. Salman and Laura Sizer are also responsible for the ongoing Hampshire College Lecture Series on Science & Religion, and you can find videos of all these lectures below. Contact information here.
LABELS
- Arab Spring
- art
- Astronomy
- Astronomy Pictures from Pakistan
- atheism
- beliefs of scientists
- Catholic Church and science
- creationism
- education
- education in muslim world
- ethics morality and science
- evolution
- faith and medicine
- film theater and television
- Friday Journal Club
- general
- history
- humor
- intelligent design
- Irtiqa Conversations
- Islam and Modernity
- islam and science
- Islamic Calendar
- islamic creationism
- Judaism and science
- media
- Muslims in Europe
- off topic
- Pakistan
- politics of science and religion
- posts by Nidhal Guessoum
- primates
- pseudoscience
- religion and environmentalism
- Religion and Health
- Religion and Technology
- Saturday Video
- science and Native religions
- science and religion books
- science fiction
- science in muslim world
- science of belief
- science of morality
- science religion and terrorism
- UFO religions
Blog Archive
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- Philip Kitcher at Hampshire College on Thursday
- Sorting out the mess at Texas school board meeting
- Homo erectus would have done fine in New England w...
- David Attenborough's Charles Darwin and the Tree o...
- Woody Allen on lobster existentialism
- At McGill for Islam & Evolution Symposium
- Mustafa Akyol backing away from ID?
- Push-button executions from the skies
- Read and watch "Watchmen"
- Blaspheming in Philadelphia
- Dennett on babies, chocolate cake, girls, and jokes
- Whales and the Geometry of God
- Tracing the spread of Black Death
- Science & religion on the Daily Show
- Muslim Creationists - not the bottom of the barrel
- Education and Pakistan's drift towards theocracy
- Controversy over Darwin censorship in Turkey
- At Hofstra University for Darwin's Reach conference
- Cheesus!
- "Non-religious" affiliation gains ground in US
- Creating the image of a Muslim astronaut
- Meaning of life as an Agnostic
- Between Fatwas and Polio
- What if God Disappeared?
- Discovery Institute also upset with the Vatican
- Yahya still desperately seeking attention
- BBC Radio program: Islam & Science - part 3
- Vatican conference on evolution
- A more nuanced light on Iran
- Darwin and Einstein in songs
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