by Salah Zaimeche
by Salah Zaimeche Tags: Nothing contrasts more the discrepancies in learning as the place of books. When Muslim libraries abounded with books, some containing even tens of thousands, and where students, scholars and any curious mind found a place, there was hardly anything of worth in any part of the Christian West, not just the British […]
A Word on the Islamic Impact in the Field
4. A Word on the Islamic Impact in the Field First, return must be made to Constable and the subject of Funduqs seen above. Once the Muslims had borrowed and transformed the institution, then, there happened the crucial shift: the West (and in this case Byzantium, too) borrowing from Islam that same item, and then drawing the […]
Ibn-Khaldun
Ibn-Khaldun Nearly four centuries would elapse after Al-Muqaddasi before Ibn-Khaldun enters the frame of Islamic scholarship to set up the foundations for our modern social, economic, historical and political sciences. There is no need to go into the life and works of Ibn Khaldun here; so much good quality material is available elsewhere, which is […]
Applied mechanics and engineering
3.2 Applied mechanics and engineering Abū Sadīra, Taha al-Sayid, 1991. Al-hiraf wa ‘l-sina’at fi misr al-islamiya mundhu al-fath al-‘arabi hata nihayat al-‘asr al-fatimi. Cairo: The Egyptian General Book Organization. Aiken, Jane Andrew 1994. “Truth in Images: From the Technical Drawings of Ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari, Campanus of Novarra and Giovanni de Dondi to the Perspective Projection of Leon […]
Muslim Heritage in Mechanics and Technology: Outline of a Program for Future Research
Muslim Heritage in Mechanics and Technology: Outline of a Program for Future Research by Mohammed Abattouy Rate this article: 4(795) The following text is the revised and expanded version of a lecture presented at The Royal Society in London (1st March 2007) during a meeting of the Muslim Heritage Awareness Group (MHAG) in which Mohammed Abattouy […]
ABU SARGA
ABU SARGA Abu Sarga is the oldest church in Egypt dating back to the 5th century A.D. The church owes its fame to having been constructed upon the crypt of the Holy Family where they stayed for three weeks during their sojourn in Egypt. According to a biblical narration by evangelist Matthew (Chapter 2), Virgin […]
Hanging Church
Hanging Church Panoramic view (QTVR 2.5 MB, Quickime Player required, download here) The Hanging Church is also referred to as the Suspended Church or Al-Moallaqa. It is called the Hanging Church because it was built on the southern gate of the Roman Fortress. Logs of palm trees and layers of stones were constructed above the ruins of […]
THE HISTORY OF THE BABYLON FORTRESS
THE HISTORY OF THE BABYLON FORTRESS In “A Guide to the Ancient Coptic Churches of Cairo”, O.H.E. KHS-Burmester records significant historical information about the fortress area. According to him, Ptolemy (121-151 A.D.), in his book “Geography”, mentions a town named Babylon which existed from Pharaonic times on part of a site of what is now […]
NTERVIEW WITH BISHOP SLIVANUS, OLD CAIRO
INTERVIEW WITH BISHOP SLIVANUS, OLD CAIRO This location is in a Fortress named the Fortress of Babylon. Its foundation is in the site where we stand today. Within the fortress are a lot of churches and other buildings: Abu Sarga, the Church of the Virgin Mary, the Church of Saint Barbara the Martyr, Mar Girgis […]
Ramadan and Islam
Ramadan and Islam Like Muslims all over the world, Egyptian Muslims fast for the holy month of Ramadan. It is a time when they all come close to each other and respect each other, and it’s also a time when Egyptian Muslims stay awake every night. During the month of Ramadan charity is a priority. It […]
