After surviving traffic in Cairo, I'm headed back to the US. More on Egypt in the coming days. In the mean time, here is the newish Symphony of Science to fill in the travel blogging lull:
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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- How is history viewed in Saudi Arabia?
- Bruno on the stake again...
- Damn you - Evolution!
- A new book on religion and culture in the modern w...
- My Choice Science Stories of 2010
- Increasing number of Muslim students at Catholic u...
- Blackburn and Pinker on "Can science tell us right...
- International Congress on Psychology, Religion, an...
- A website on Islam and Science Fiction
- Qatar leads the discovery of a new exoplanet
- New Gallup poll on US acceptance of evolution
- Four years of Irtiqa!
- Self-mutilating angels
- More on Green Islam
- Awards for Arab Female Scientists
- Astronomy catching on in Pakistan
- How much of "Agora" is historically accurate?
- Movie Interlude: "Agora" - a prequel to "Contact"?
- Colbert on the search for King Tut's missing priva...
- Thank you Ken Ham for your Creation Museum
- ET’s and their impact on us
- Health and wealth of nations for the past 200 years
- Blogging from Egypt: Car headlights and Science tr...
- Indo-Pak peace via science cooperation?
- Some symphony for the travel lull
- Hobbit Racism?
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