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By: Wagdy Sawahel and Ehsan Masood
3 October 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
The Organization of the Islamic Conference is reforming its science programme. But will change lead to better science? Wagdy Sawahel and Ehsan Masood report
“Together, we comprise one quarter of the world’s population; we hold 70 per cent of world’s energy resources, yet almost 86 per cent of […]

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By: Ehsan Masood
Published in SciDev.Net (23 March 2006)
The Islamic world’s scientific agency is on a path to reform. Ehsan Masood assesses the obstacles on the road ahead.
Across the Muslim world, the controversy over newspaper cartoons of the prophet Mohammad was reaching a peak. I was heading to Pakistan for a meeting of science ministers on […]

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By: Athar Osama
Published in SciDev.Net (on 3 November 2006)
 
A study of scientific research in the Muslim world shows that it lags far behind the rest of the world, but there are encouraging signs of improvement, says Athar Osama.
For decades, Muslim countries have struggled to understand the value of scientific and technological research. But a recent study […]

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