earthquakes, Islam, Zaghloul An Najjar

Earthquakes in the Quran and Sunnah

Zaghloul An-Najjar discusses a Muslim moral framing for natural disasters, like earthquakes and hurricanes. 

7 Jun 2011

Mohamed AbuTaleb

The Clash of Reason and Revelation: Reconciling Science and Scripture in Islam

Mohamed AbuTaleb uses this 2012 lecture to share what he considers to have been missing in the intellectual discourse on science: The Qurʾān.

13 Oct 2012

oceans in the quran, Zaghloul El Naggar

Seas and Oceans in the Qurʾān and Sunnah

Evaluation of a video in which Zaghloul El Naggar describes darkness in the depths of the oceans and ocean currents as being described in two Qur’anic verses from an episode of “Islam and Science”.

8 May 2011

Zaghloul El Naggar, Water in the Quran, Islam & Science

Islam and Science – Water in the Quran

In this episode of Science & Islam, Zaghloul El Naggar discusses how water came to be on Earth, and how its evaporation-rain cycle is described “miraculously” in the Qurʾān.

30 Apr 2011

The Masked Arab, Analysis of Zakir Naik’s claims

Analysis of Zakir Naik’s claims

This video blog from the Masked Arab presents errors he finds in Zakir Naik videos addressing science and the Qurʾān.

25 Dec 2014

relativity of time in quran

The Relativity of Time

This Turkish video clip suggests that part of Einstein’s theory of relativity is presented in three verses of the Qurʾān.

25 Sep 2008

mosquito Harun Yahya creation evolution

The Superior Features in the Body of the Mosquito

This Harun Yahya group clip uses the example of a mosquito as “proof of creation” rather than evolution. The mosquito’s feeding process is described as “miraculous”, a form of iʿjāz.

24 May 2013

universe galaxies quran hubble NASA

Discover Space/Galaxies to Discover Islam

This videos uses a “Hubble Minute” video, perhaps from 2005, as a base upon which to overlay a Qurʾānic verse and some vague proselytizing material based on the information apparently being in the Qurʾān but unknowable to people of the 7th century.

2 Oct 2008

moon quran Tom Watters

The Moon cracked says NASA and the Quran

This video shows that the Moon is geologically active, as understood through lobate scarps, which demonstrate how the surface of the Moon has changed as it has shrunk. The only Islamic material consists of labels added by the uploader.

29 Jun 2011

embryology Islam the Rationalizer PZ Myers

World famous embryologist PZ Myers proves the Quran is man made

A video blog from the Rationalizer that shows a clip from a discussion of PZ Myers and Adnan Rashid in Dublin in 2011 and examines more closely the Arabic word “thumma” and the sequence of development they are discussing.

28 Jun 2011

scientific miracles in the quran, Hamza Tzortzis and Imran Hussein

There are no scientific miracles in the Quran, part 2

Hamza Tzortzis and Imran Hussein present their multi-layered, multi-level approach to interpreting scientific miracles in the Qurʾān.

7 Oct 2015

science in quran, Imran Hussein, Hamza Tzortzis

The Book of Signs: There are no scientific miracles in the Qur’an

Imran Hussein and Hamza Tzortzis suggest why the global Muslim narratives that use scientific “facts” to “prove” the miraculousness of the Qurʾān should no longer be used.

30 Sep 2015