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- Title: Reflections on Some New Studies on Applied Science in Islamic Societies (8Th-19th Centuries).
- Author : Islam & Science
- Release Date : January 22, 2004
- Genre: Religion & Spirituality,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 202 KB
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Recent research on Arabic scientific and legal manuscripts, as well as on astronomical instruments, has led to a new understanding of the different ways in which Muslim scholars over many centuries applied scientific methods to determine the times of prayer and the sacred direction (qiblah). Keywords: New studies on the history of Islamic science; qiblah; times of prayer; World-Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca; The Call of the Muezzin; Instruments of Mass Calculation; The Sacred Geography of Islam; Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science Series.