When Muslim Books Were Taught in European UniversitiesPublished on: November 11, 2026 9:57 AM
Pakistan, Nov. 11 -- Did you know that books written by Muslim scientists were once taught as textbooks in European universities? Do you know what the Dark Ages of Europe were? When Europeans began searching for knowledge, they translated Arabic books into Latin and taught the works of Muslim scientists in universities such as Oxford, Paris, and Bologna for centuries. Among these books, Ibn Sina's Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb (The Canon of Medicine) remained a standard textbook in European medical universities for more than 500 years. Ibn al-Haytham's Kitab al-Manazir (Book of Optics) opened new avenues for European scientists in the study of light, while Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi's Kitab al-Tasrif became a foundational reference in surgical educati...
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