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[[File:Maurice Bucaille.JPG|thumb|190px|right|Bucailleism is named after the French surgeon Dr. Maurice Bucaille.]] | [[File:Maurice Bucaille.JPG|thumb|190px|right|Bucailleism is named after the French surgeon Dr. Maurice Bucaille.]] | ||
'''Bucailleism''' is a term used for the movement to relate modern science with religion, principally [[Islam]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=raKRY3KQspsC&pg=PA456&dq=bucaillism&hl=en&ei=kdKPTcTLCpHEswatqPmKCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=bucaillism&f=false Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology, and medicine in non-western cultures], ed. [[Helaine Selin]], retrieved 28 March 2011</ref> | '''Bucailleism''' is a term used for the movement to relate modern science with religion, principally [[Islam]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=raKRY3KQspsC&pg=PA456&dq=bucaillism&hl=en&ei=kdKPTcTLCpHEswatqPmKCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=bucaillism&f=false Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology, and medicine in non-western cultures], ed. [[Helaine Selin]], retrieved 28 March 2011</ref> | ||
Named after the French surgeon Maurice Bucaille, author of ''The Bible, the Quran and Science'', Bucaillists have promoted the idea that the Quran is of divine origin, arguing that it contains scientifically correct facts,<ref name="auto">[https://books.google.com/books?id=uLjaAAAAMAAJ&q=bucaillism&dq=bucaillism&hl=en&ei=kdKPTcTLCpHEswatqPmKCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAw Explorations in Islamic science] Ziauddin Sardar, (1989), retrieved 28 March 2011</ref><ref>An illusion of harmony: science and religion in Islam (2007) [[Taner Edis]], retrieved 28 March 2011</ref> and that "one of the main convincing evidences" that lead many to convert to [[Islam]] "is the large number of [[Islam and Science|scientific facts in the Quran]]."<ref>Zaghloul El-Naggar, an Egyptian geologist, quoted in {{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1011738146332966760 |title= | Named after the French surgeon Maurice Bucaille, author of ''The Bible, the Quran and Science'', Bucaillists have promoted the idea that the Quran is of divine origin, arguing that it contains scientifically correct facts,<ref name="auto">[https://books.google.com/books?id=uLjaAAAAMAAJ&q=bucaillism&dq=bucaillism&hl=en&ei=kdKPTcTLCpHEswatqPmKCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAw Explorations in Islamic science] Ziauddin Sardar, (1989), retrieved 28 March 2011</ref><ref>An illusion of harmony: science and religion in Islam (2007) [[Taner Edis]], retrieved 28 March 2011</ref> and that "one of the main convincing evidences" that lead many to convert to [[Islam]] "is the large number of [[Islam and Science|scientific facts in the Quran]]."<ref>Zaghloul El-Naggar, an Egyptian geologist, quoted in {{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1011738146332966760 |title=Western Scholars Play Key Role in Touting `Science' of the Quran |author=Daniel Golden |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=January 23, 2002 |archive-url=https://archive.is/XTgZH |archive-date=4 July 2024}}</ref> | ||
Some of its claims include that "the [[Qur'an]] prophesied the Big Bang theory, space travel and other contemporary scientific breakthroughs," and that "there are more than 1200 verses (Ayat) which can be interpreted in the light of modern science."<ref>[http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_1_50/all_things_in_pair.htm QUR'AN AND SCIENCE]</ref> It has been called "a fast-growing branch of Islamic fundamentalism." | Some of its claims include that "the [[Qur'an]] prophesied the Big Bang theory, space travel and other contemporary scientific breakthroughs," and that "there are more than 1200 verses (Ayat) which can be interpreted in the light of modern science."<ref>[http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_1_50/all_things_in_pair.htm QUR'AN AND SCIENCE]</ref> It has been called "a fast-growing branch of Islamic fundamentalism." | ||
According to ''The Wall Street Journal'', Bucailleism is "in some ways the Muslim counterpart to Christian creationism" and although "while creationism rejects much of modern science, Bucailleism embraces it."<ref name="StrBedfel">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1011738146332966760 |title= | According to ''The Wall Street Journal'', Bucailleism is "in some ways the Muslim counterpart to Christian creationism" and although "while creationism rejects much of modern science, Bucailleism embraces it."<ref name="StrBedfel">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1011738146332966760 |title=Western Scholars Play Key Role in Touting `Science' of the Quran |author=Daniel Golden |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |date=January 23, 2002 |archive-url=https://archive.is/XTgZH |archive-date=4 July 2024}}</ref> | ||
The doctrine is "widely taught" in Islamic secondary schools, promoted on at least one popular weekly television program in the Arab world<ref>Zaghloul El-Naggar, an Egyptian geologist </ref> and is advanced by "a well-funded campaign" led by the Commission on Scientific Signs in the Quran and Sunnah, based in Saudi Arabia and founded by Sheikh Abdul Majeed Zindani, a leading militant Islamist and "Specially Designated Global Terrorist".<ref name="Loyalist">[{{Reference archive|1=http://web.archive.org/web/20100314033922/http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/js1190.htm|2=2013-04-10}} United States Designates bin Laden Loyalist], United States Department of the Treasury, JS-1190, February 24, 2004</ref> Although Bucailleism is said to be "disdained by most mainstream scholars", it has been valuable in fostering "pride in Muslim heritage", and reconciling conflicts that Muslim "students may feel between their religious beliefs and secular careers in engineering or computers."<ref name="StrBedfel" /> | The doctrine is "widely taught" in Islamic secondary schools, promoted on at least one popular weekly television program in the Arab world<ref>Zaghloul El-Naggar, an Egyptian geologist </ref> and is advanced by "a well-funded campaign" led by the Commission on Scientific Signs in the Quran and Sunnah, based in Saudi Arabia and founded by Sheikh Abdul Majeed Zindani, a leading militant Islamist and "Specially Designated Global Terrorist".<ref name="Loyalist">[{{Reference archive|1=http://web.archive.org/web/20100314033922/http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/js1190.htm|2=2013-04-10}} United States Designates bin Laden Loyalist], United States Department of the Treasury, JS-1190, February 24, 2004</ref> Although Bucailleism is said to be "disdained by most mainstream scholars", it has been valuable in fostering "pride in Muslim heritage", and reconciling conflicts that Muslim "students may feel between their religious beliefs and secular careers in engineering or computers."<ref name="StrBedfel" /> | ||
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In 2011, a series of interviews took place with four of these scientists. See the youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/user/ThisIsTheTruthUncut This is the truth uncut] (also mirrored on other channels). In these interviews, the scientists Tom Armstrong, William Hay, Alfred Kroner, and Allison (Pete) Palmer, who all appear in the popular video clips, explain that they were tricked, misquoted, and misrepresented by Zindani and the conference organisers, and they do not believe the Qur'an to be scientifically accurate. | In 2011, a series of interviews took place with four of these scientists. See the youtube channel [https://www.youtube.com/user/ThisIsTheTruthUncut This is the truth uncut] (also mirrored on other channels). In these interviews, the scientists Tom Armstrong, William Hay, Alfred Kroner, and Allison (Pete) Palmer, who all appear in the popular video clips, explain that they were tricked, misquoted, and misrepresented by Zindani and the conference organisers, and they do not believe the Qur'an to be scientifically accurate. | ||
In 2002, the Wall Street Journal interviewed a number of scientists who had partaken in Zindani's project, which "drew the scientists to its conferences with first-class plane tickets for them and their wives, rooms at the best hotels, $1,000 honoraria, and banquets with Muslim leaders". The interviewees described their comments at these conferences as sounding "silly and embarassing" (Joe Leigh Simpson), or that they "fell into a trap" (William Hay), or that Zindani used "overstatement" in recalling their discussions (Allision "Pete" Palmer), or that there had been "mutual manipulation" (Gerald Goeringer).<ref name="StrBedfel" /> | |||
==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1011738146332966760 Western Scholars Play Key Role in Touting `Science' of the Quran] by Daniel Golden, January 23, 2002 - Wall Street Journal ([https://archive.is/XTgZH archive] without paywall) | |||
*[http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/science-and-islam Science and Islam in Conflict] - ''Discover magazine, June 21, 2007'' | *[http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/science-and-islam Science and Islam in Conflict] - ''Discover magazine, June 21, 2007'' | ||
*[http://www.answering-islam.org/Campbell/contents.html The Qur'an and the Bible in the light of history and science] ''- Dr. William Campbell, 1986 - a Christian response to The Bible, The Qur'an and Science'' | *[http://www.answering-islam.org/Campbell/contents.html The Qur'an and the Bible in the light of history and science] ''- Dr. William Campbell, 1986 - a Christian response to The Bible, The Qur'an and Science'' | ||
*[http://www.answering-islam.org/Campbell/bucaille.html Is Dr. Maurice Bucaille a Muslim?] ''- Answering Islam'' | *[http://www.answering-islam.org/Campbell/bucaille.html Is Dr. Maurice Bucaille a Muslim?] ''- Answering Islam'' | ||
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/ThisIsTheTruthUncut This is the truth uncut] ''- Youtube channel containing | *[https://www.youtube.com/user/ThisIsTheTruthUncut This is the truth uncut] ''- Youtube channel containing interviews in 2011 with four of the scientists who supposedly endorsed the Qur'an'' | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||