His enormous medical encyclopedia, al-Hawi, was translated into Latin in 1279 and was the preeminent medical textbook of European culture for centuries. “In the school of medicine at the University of Paris hang two portraits of Moslem physicians—‘Rhazes [al-Razi] and Avicenna.’”9 Further...
3.6. Compassion for Humans A recurring theme of how tolerance was conceptualized in the grade 10 Islamic education textbook was through showing kindness towards others who may oppose and mistreat you. This concept was linked to examples in Prophet Muhammad’s biography, which described how he showed...