[21] \n And \u2018 The knowledge is an honourable inheritance...

[21] \n And \u2018 The knowledge is an honourable inheritance, and the ethics are an excellent garment, and the thinking is a clear mirror, and the apology is an advisory warner, and sufficient for yourself is the ethic of leaving what you dislike for the others\u2019 .

[22] \n The Position of Sceptics of Islam: \n The sceptics criticise some of the followers of Islam, that they have initially refused to embrace some of the scientific innovations and later became fond of those, e.g., Mullahs [23] issued decrees against loud speakers, but gradually fell in love with its capabilities.

It\u2019s not only Muslims, scientific advances have been met with severe hostilities from other religious bodies, due to lack of understanding and conservatism, e.g., Galileo Galilei [24] \u00a0 The fear of heretics and lack of the understanding of their own religious books prompted the opposition of clergy to the scientific discoveries.

Gradually, people realised that science does not contradict the teachings of Almighty God but the unfounded fears were promoted by the lack of understanding of the interpretation of Divine Books, whereas scientific approach has always been based on searching for the answers to natural phenomena.

\n In Islam, development of scientific knowledge, over the years, has led to the use of, terminologies foreign to religion, which were difficult to corelate to the interpretations of the Holy Quran.\u00a0 Science has also benefited from many Muslim scientist who have contributed to various fields of science from early days to today, the disagreement stems from the interpretations of some of the definitions and interpretations within both Islam and scientists, as neither do all scientists fail to agree with the developed theories nor do all Muslims concur in the deduction of meanings of the Quranic Verses.\u00a0 We start with some examples, citing first those which apparently show disagreement in Islam and science!

\n The concept of Evolution \u2013 Darwin: \n In the work of Charles Darwin (1809- 1882), Darwin wrote about the theory of evolution by natural selection. The idea that humans shared a \u2018common ancestor\u2019 with apes was a challenge to the foundations of human civilisation, and challenged to Christian orthodoxy. The theory has since then been updated and refined.