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Exploring Bioscience and Islam – A Curriculum on Fundamental Questions about the Human Being

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Aasim I. Padela

Overview

The Exploring Bioscience and Islam curriculum is designed for healthcare students and professionals to gain an understanding of how scholars of religion and science approach fundamental questions about the human being. This curriculum addresses five fundamental questions about humankind:

What is the origin of humankind?

What is the human’s essential nature?

What is the human’s future?

Are human actions predetermined?

Are humans unique in the universe?

Today many might assume such questions are in the realm of theologians and philosophers only, incorrectly downplaying modern medicine’s role in addressing these topics. This course was built to highlight the role of physicians in answering these questions as well as to provide students the historical, Islamic, and scientific context within which these questions are considered. This course was built with contributions from physicians, Islamic scholars, philosophers, and professional ethicists in an attempt to equip students with the vocabulary, context, and epistemological framework needed to approach the complex questions that lie at the intersection of modern medicine and Islam.

The curriculum is designed to first establish an understanding of epistemology in Unit 1 after which students are equipped to explore any of the remaining units without being restricted to a sequential order of completion as described by the below image.

 

Organization Name: Initiative on Islam and Medicine

This course is offered by the Initiative on Islam and Medicine (II&M), a centre dedicated to equipping Muslims with ethical and spiritual guidance at the intersection of religion and healthcare. II&M organizes mosque-based workshops, academic events, and specialized training programs that engage students, professionals, and community members in meaningful discussions around medicine, science, and Islamic thought. Through courses like Exploring Bioscience and Islam, II&M provides practical learning experiences that bridge ethical reflection and professional practice.

Curriculum

Curriculum

  • 6 Sections
  • 91 Lessons
  • 30 Hours
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Instructor

Aasim I. Padela

Dr. Padela is an emergency medicine physician and an academic scholar with research foci at the intersection of bioethics, public health, and religion. Overall, his scholarship aims to advance health equity and societal well-being through multidisciplinary inquiry and multilevel intervention. Accordingly, Dr. Padela’s expertise spans a variety of research methodologies and topics, including community-engaged, patient-centered, and human-centered research design, behavior change theory, religiously tailored and faith-based messaging, survey and qualitative research, discourse analysis, character education, clinical ethics, and Islamic theology.

Ahsan M. Arozullah, MD, MPH is a physician and pharmaceutical executive with over 20 years of clinical research experience in pharmaceutical industry and academic settings. He graduated from the Northwestern University Medical School and currently leads a global team of medical directors who provide world-class medical leadership to clinical development teams dedicated to creating the next generation of targeted oncology therapies.
Bilal Ali Ansari received his undergraduate education in the Applied Behavioral Sciences at National-Louis University in Lisle, from where he graduated with a Bachelors in Arts in the field of Applied Behavioral Sciences with a focus on adult learning theory (andragogy). He also studied Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Jāmiʿat al-Ḥasanayn in Faisalabad, Pakistan, where he mastered classical and modern texts in Arabic, Islamic Theology, Islamic Law, Qur’anic Studies, and Hadith.
Hamza Karamali teaches parents, teachers, and scholars how to protect Muslim children from losing their deen. He has a Bachelors and Masters in Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto, additional Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Islamic Law and Legal Theory from Jamia Nizamia in Hyderabad.
Dr. Mohd Yusof Mohamad is an Assistant Professor at the Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). He received his undergraduate and postgraduate education in the field of Biomedical Sciences, Human Anatomy and Tissue Engineering from IIUM. Mohd Yusof also obtained a postgraduate Diploma in Islamic studies from the same institution.
Abdurezak Abdulahi Hashi obtained his Bachelor’s degree in 2001, his Master’s degree in 2003 and his Ph.D in 2008, from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), in Theology and Comparative Religion. In 2008, he started working at Kulliyyah of Science, IIUM as an Assistant Professor.
Dr. Aftab is Chairman of Radiology at Ascension Genesys Hospital. He is actively involved in teaching and is clinical assistant professor at Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, and AT Still University. He completed his Neuroradiology fellowship at the Harvard Medical School and holds a Master’s degree in History of Science from the Harvard Extension School.
Dr Omar Qureshi is a lecturer in Western and Islamic Philosophy and serves as the head of the Diploma in Contextual Islamic Studies & Leadership (CISLD) at Cambridge Muslim College. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Microbiology and subsequently completed his M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction – Science Education, both from the University of Missouri – Columbia. Later, he earned his Ph.D. in Cultural and Educational Policy Studies with a specialization in the Philosophy of Education from Loyola University Chicago in 2016.
Shoaib Ahmed Malik serves as Lecturer in Science and Religion at the School of Divinity under the auspices of the University of Edinburgh. He brings a rich teaching experience spanning the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. A standout alumnus of the University of Bath, Malik excelled as the top graduate in BEng of Chemical Engineering. He later became one of the first Muslim students to embark on an MSc in Philosophy, Science, and Religion at the University of Edinburgh.
Raudah Yunus is a researcher, writer and social activist based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and currently pursuing a postdoctoral fellowship at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW). Raudah completed a Master of Public Health (MPH) and a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) at the University of Malaya in 2015 and 2018, respectively. Raudah has taught at the Faculty of Medicine (UiTM, Malaysia) since 2015 and is passionate about data, marginalized communities and health equity.
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