The Young Muslim’s Guide to Modern Science By Prof. Nidhal Guessoum

Prof. Guessoum wrote a book, tentatively named The Young Muslim’s Guide to Modern Science, which tries to harmonize the teachings of Islam with the study of modern science. The book, which is aimed at youth, such as high school students and freshmen, has been completed and Dr. Guessoum is hopeful of publishing it soon.
Dr. Guessoum Is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates; he has published several books on science with direct or indirect relevance to Islam, as well as dozens of scholarly papers in astrophysics and numerous articles on science, education, and culture. He has also organized two conferences (and co-edited the proceedings) on the application of Astronomy to Islamic problems.
Prof. Guessoum’s book is aimed at students who want to understand what modern science says, just to get the clearest and most correct information, and also put it into context of their Islamic background and education. He doesn’t want students to be lost in the science aspect of things, and then wonder how this relates to them, or that what they were told doesn’t fit with what they’re being taught.
“We don’t want them to have two minds, so I’ve written a short book that I’ve pitched to some publishers lately. Hopefully it’ll be published in the next few months. The book is also trying to help in the education arena with the young generation, to try to give them some reference that they can read and can benefit from and go back to, to try to make sense of all these things at the same time. In a nutshell, my philosophy is what I call harmonization. I try to harmonize between the religious teachings and the learning we get from modern science, without sacrificing one or the other. How to put them together is not always obvious, and I am hoping to sort of present a template, a way to do it in an accessible and reasonable manner for the younger generation.” ~ Dr. Guessoum.
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