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Blog: Irtiqa - A Science & Religion Blog
Popular articles and interviews
Irtiqa: A Science & Religion Blog
The Purple Interview: Faith, Hope, Science and Caprica, an interview with Purple State of Mind, February 2, 2010
Capricology, a weekly online discussion of science, technology and religion in the television series, Caprica, hosted by ReligionDisptaches.
Darwin in the World - Evolution and Faith in the 21st Century, a BBC debate held at Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, on November 14, 2009
Creationism in the Muslim World, an interview with Word of Mouth on New Hampshire Public Radio, September 30, 2009
Alone on the dark side of “Moon”, review of the movie, Moon, w/ Kevin Anderson, Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 14, 2009
Creationism in Turkey, an interview on PRI’s The World, July 1, 2009
10 minutes with Salman Hameed, an interview with Religion News Service, February 11, 2009
Reject Zero-sum game on Darwin, oped in Providence Journal, February 14, 2009
Darwin’s Disciple: Hampshire professor promotes theory of evolution in Muslim world, an article based on an interview with Daily Hampshire Gazette, January 10, 2009
How to quell the rise of Muslim Creationism, Guardian Science Blog, December 12, 2008
Evolution and Islam, an interview on PRI’s The World, December 11, 2008
How to stop creationism gaining a hold in Islam, an interview with the New Scientist, December 11, 2008
Nature and Natural Disasters, published on the Internet Magazine, Chowk (October 2, 2006)
Listening to the Cries of Baby Stars, published on the Internet Magazine, Chowk (April 16, 2006)
The Travelogue of an Astronomer, published in the Weekend Magazine section of Daily Dawn, Pakistan (October 17, 2004)
Searching for Identity in Our Little Corner of the Universe, published in the Science section of Daily Dawn, Pakistan (June 7, 2003)
Select popular articles that reference related research work:
Origin of a translation, Egypt Today, January 2010
The Cosmos at T2F 2.0, In the Line of Wire, December 24, 2009
Human in the Cosmos, Aga Khan University News and Events, December 22, 2009
Study of acceptance of evolution among Muslim physicians, AScribe Newswire, November 12, 2009
In Turkey, fertile ground for creationism, The Washington Post, November 8, 2009
Creationism, Without a Young Earth, Emerges in the Islamic World, The New York Times, November 2, 2009
Islam’s Darwin Problem, The Boston Globe, October 25, 2009
Evo Education: Panelists consider science in Islamic states, The McGill Daily, April 6, 2009
God and Science: An inner conflict, Live Science, January 15, 2009
Update on Islamic creationism, National Center for Science Education, December 15, 2008
Move over creationists, Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish, December 12, 2008
Evolution arguments headed for Islamic world, Live Science, December 11, 2008
Life, the Universe, and Everything, The News (Pakistan), December 6, 2008