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Saturday, 06 November 2021 13:54

Lecture by Mr. Joachim Reinhold : Golden Age of Islamic Civilization

The Sharjah Academy for Astronomy, Space Sciences, and Technology (SAASST) organized a lecture entitled the “Golden Age of Islamic civilization” on Nov. 02, 2021. The lecture was given by Mr. Joachim Reinhold, the CEO of Quantum Entanglement, a German-based research organization. Prof. Ilias Fernini, the SAAST Deputy General Director for Research, gave a short introduction to the subject. Prof. Ilias emphasized the role of the Islamic civilization in preserving the Greek heritage and launching a great

campaign full of knowledge and advances in all types of sciences afterward. During more than ten centuries, there was true scientific competition among the major cities of the Islamic empire. How many scholars, libraries, hospitals, and astronomical observatories were in Cordoba, Baghdad, Samarqand, Maragha, Cairo, and elsewhere? This was the golden era of the Islamic civilization being lightened by golden names like the Banu Mussa, Al-Battani, Al-Khwarizmi, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Abu’l Wafa, Al-Biruni, Ibn Yunus, al-Kashi, Ibn al-Shatir, Ibn Sina, Al-Razi, al-Zarqali, and hundreds of other polymath scholars. The house of wisdom in Baghdad was the spark, and under it, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scholars worked together under the same roof, the roof of knowledge.

 

Mr. Joachim then gave a philosophical view of the Islamic civilization as a global locomotive where tolerance and love dragged the whole learning process. The Islamic knowledge was well embedded into the society where harmony prevailed at every level. Communication was based on an equal basis of respect among the different regional powers, and cities were built and nourished with total respect for nature. Mr. Joachim stressed that the Western renaissance would not have ever happened if it were not for the Islamic scientific contribution to civilization. A fact that many would like to forget and not openly discuss.

 

The lecture was concluded with an open session of questions and answers. The whole program can be followed through the link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqRnbZQvmg4

 

Mr. Joachim Reinhold

CEO of Quantum Entanglement