Muslim Heritage in Our World: Social Cohesion

London Conference tackles 1000 years of amnesia of Muslim science and technology Wednesday 15th October, 2.30pm, Hoare Memorial Hall, Church House, Westminster.

Jim Knight MP, the UK Minister for Schools and Learning and Sir Roland Jackson, the Chief Executive of the British Association for the Advancement of Science will address invited delegates only at the ‘Muslim Heritage in our World: Social Cohesion' conference on the 15th October at the Hoare Memorial Hall, Church House, Westminster by the Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilisation (FSTC).

The conference supports the "1001 Inventions: Discover the Muslim Heritage in Our World" exhibition at UK Houses of Parliament from 13th -17th October.

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Figure 2: Timeline of progress in civilisation showing the contribution of classical Muslim civilisation together with other world civilisations.

Presentations by leading academics, professors and historians will counter the 1000 years of historical amnesia which has ignored scientific and technological contributions from other cultures to our present civilization, creating a false sense of Euro-centric pride at the expense of other world cultures. The conference will examine how addressing this situation can be used as a catalyst to help policymakers promote better cultural understanding and social cohesion today.

The conference Muslim Heritage in our World: Social Cohesion is intended to mark the 1001 inventions Exhibition at the House of Parliament: click here to see the announcement of the exhibition.

The programme of the conference includes the following hallmarks:

Wednesday 15th of October 2008