TABLE OF CONTENTS | 2 |
PREFACE | 5 |
1. ISLAM: CREATOR OF THE MODERN AGE | 13 |
FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT | 15 |
THE NEGATIVE ROLE OF POLYTHEISM | 20 |
THE CONCEPT OF ISLAM | 27 |
THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL EVIL | 28 |
FREEDOM OF ENQUIRY | 33 |
THE ARAB IMPACT | 38 |
FOUR STEPS TO MODERNITY | 41 |
MODERN MAN | 43 |
JOURNEY TOWARDS PROGRESS | 45 |
LEARNING AND ISLAM | 53 |
ISLAM: THE LIBERATOR OF THE MIND | 64 |
ANCIENT GREECE | 64 |
ROMAN CIVILIZATION | 66 |
THE DAWN OF THE SCIENTIFIC AGE | 67 |
JOURNEY TOWARDS PROGRESS | 69 |
2. HOLDING SACRED THAT WHICH IS NOT SACRED | 73 |
3. MUSLIM CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE | 103 |
4. LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY | 150 |
NOTES | 175 |