Islam’s Role in Bringing About the Modern Civilization

ISLAM’S ROLE IN BRINGING ABOUT THE MODERN CIVILIZATION The present-day civilization is a direct outcome of tapping into these secrets of nature. I had been reflecting on Dr Abdus Salam’s experience and was reminded of an extract from a recent encyclopedia published by the Oxford University. This scholarly compilation acknowledges that there had been a transfer of knowledge from the East to the West for several centuries during the medieval ages, with Muslim regions of Spain, Sicily and Baghdad being the principal sources of this transmission. The Orientalist who commented on Muslims’ contribution to the world incorporated the whole of history in his remarks. However, it would have been more appropriate to state that in the present age Muslims have no share in research and development taking place around the world. But so far as Muslims of the medieval times are concerned, their investigations into a variety