Talk:The relation between Islam and science

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This should be moved to Islam and science - the extra wording is uncecessary. -Ste|vertigo 23:58, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

With appropriate disambiguation links at the top of the page (to Islamic science, for example) I'd support that. Arrow740 00:26, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

I disagree. I think the current title is the correct one.--Sefringle 04:01, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

If you could explain why, that would be great. -Ste|vertigo 07:48, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Islamic science suggests that Islam is scientific, and thus is a POV, and is not the best title. Islam and science is too ambiguous. I find the current title the best.--Sefringle 02:41, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
The present title may be just as ambiguous as islam and science - they are both quite open ended. How is the article's scope limited, in any case? Potatoswatter 23:23, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed merge

I recently found the article Islamic Science, which is very similar to this article. Should we move it here, considering they are the exact same topics?--Sefringle 06:07, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

No, that one is basically about science done by Muslims. This one is different. Arrow740 06:12, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
I've nominated the article for a move to a different article that is more clear about the differences. Please offer your opinion at Talk:Islamic science#Requested Move--Sefringle 04:39, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
I agree and believe that this article should be merged in. The title "the relation between islam and science" promotes the agenda of finding as strong a relation as possible between known discoveries and islamic text. Meeting that agenda within the context of an article on the muslim world might better pass as encyclopedic. "science in the muslim world" can very reasonably accommodate both muslim scientists' view on religion and the muslim theological view on science, without alienating non-muslims by purporting to convey something more universal. Potatoswatter 06:35, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed deletion

This article continues to be ridiculous, and should be deleted as an embarrassment to what is supposed to be a respectable encyclopedia. Apart from the rants of a few cranks like Naik and Bucaille, there is actually no relationship at all, positive or negative, between Islam and science.Proabivouac 06:55, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I disagree with your first sentence. Arrow740 07:14, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
Hard to imagine how any philosophy that claims to explain life and the universe can have neither a positive nor a negative relationship to science. NN 10:31, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
The Qur'an is not a scientific book because it wasn't meant to be. --Aminz 10:37, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Islamic creationism

lets see if we can add anything from this article here.--Sefringle 05:39, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

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