Muslim Scholars Quotes

“I constantly sought knowledge and truth, and it became my belief that for gaining access to the effulgence and closeness to God, there is no better way than that of searching for truth and knowledge.”
― Alhazen

“One of the most essential tasks of modern Muslim scholarship is to distinguish genuine, useful and constructive knowledge from pseudo-scientific, materialist theory and speculation.”
― Maryam Jameelah, Islam and Modernism

“The great scholars of Islam were often endangered not by Mongol hordes or infidel Christians but, instead, by homegrown religious orthodoxy.”
― Pervez Hoodbhoy, Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality