The God Summit

Female Muslim Astronomer Discusses the Life and Legacy of a Star

The Review of Religions is pleased to announce that The God Summit is back in 2025 and will take place on 25th and 26th January. In this series of short posts we take a quick look at some of The God Summit’s past content.

“To me, each phenomenon in the universe reveals the Hand of God…”

Female Muslim astronomer Dr. Munazza Alam discusses the role that her faith plays in inspiring the scientific work that she does. To her there is absolutely no contradiction between science and Islam.

She emphasises that there is no divine scripture that stresses the importance of studying the universe as explicitly as the Holy Qur’an.

“…these verses about science shape how I understand and study the universe…”

Dr. Munazza Alam looks to the heavens both literally and metaphorically in this segment of the God Summit where she discusses the formation of stars and their significance in the grand scheme of things:

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