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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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- What kind of spiritual person are you?
- Bookseller on a Rickshaw
- Saturday Video: Ehab Abouheif and Taner Edis on Ev...
- On creationists...
- Gender issues in Pakistani schools
- Arabia IMAX/3D: a fancy documercial for Saudi Arabia
- Saturday Video: Appreciating religious values with...
- A novel about growing up Muslim in Wisconsin
- Tebow, football miracles, and Islam in America
- New Yorker on God's schedule during the creation o...
- My 100th Irtiqa Post + my own top-10 favorites
- Film Autopsy of the ambitious "The Tree of Life"
- Scientists must speak up against assassinations of...
- Talk at The Tech Museum in San Jose on Jan 15th
- Hoodbhoy on Neutrinos and Angels
- The Daily Show segment on a Muslim Republican
- Does Islam Forbid Even Studying Evolution
- Saturday Video: Attenborough on the gods of Easter...
- The Opening Sequence of "Melancholia"
- A flowchart for choosing religion
- On religious tolerance and Karachi
- God, Snowflakes, and Kepler
- Population, Birth Control, and Abortion in the Mus...
- A bit of Qawwali for the new year...
- More than the Separation of Church and State
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2 comments:
His magical voice takes me back into childhood.
And he’s still making documentaries at 85! Check out his 2011 series “Attenborough’s First Life” (available on youtube) where he goes back in time to the roots of the tree of life, in search of the very first animals.
Was also recently voted Britain's greatest living national treasure beating off Stephan Hawking among others.
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