Eighth to the Sixteenth Century - Rashid Islamic Center

Chronology of Events • xxvii1950-1980 Large numbers of Muslim students and emigrants arrivedin the West1975 After the dramatic rise in oil prices, many oil-rich Muslimcountries imported Western science and technology; newscientific institutions emerged in the Muslim world1975-2000 Islam and Science discourse matures. A number of newperspectives emerge1980-2000 Teaching of modern science at post-graduate level wasgiven greater attention and state patronage in certainMuslim countries such as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia,Iran, Egypt, and Turkey1980-90 Some Muslim countries established institutions for researchon the scientific verses of the QurāĀn, held conferences andpublished books on Islam and science1990-2000 Exponential increase in the number of Muslim websitesdealing with Islam and science1988-2000 Following Gulf War I, many Muslim states made efforts toacquire modern defense technology1998 Pakistan successfully tested a nuclear weaponTwenty-First Century2001 Rapid spread of new technologies and consumer goods,such as cell phones, throughout the Muslim worldFollowing the September 11, 2001 hijacking of Americanplanes, many Western countries imposed restrictions onMuslim students entering certain fields of science andtechnology.Increased Muslim presence on the internet, with morewebsites making claims about the presence of modernscientific theories and facts in the QurāĀn; simultaneousmaturity of Islam and science discourse as more scholarspay attention to the fundamental issues in the discourse