In the Light Upon Light class Our Shaykh Yasir Qadhi mentioned a book by George Saliba, who himself is an Arab Christian and a Professor of Arabic and Islamic Science at Columbia University. The book shows how the European Renaissance Scientist got their knowledge from Arab and Muslim scientist. Well, here is an interesting talk given by him at SOAS london.

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