Islam & Medicine 1. Islamic medicine, prophetic medicine and modern biomedicine
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 Published On Feb 7, 2023

Contents
00:00 Intro
03:28 Islam, Christianity, Greek philosophy and Science
09:15 Mental illness in Christianity and Islam
10:42 What is 'Islamic' medicine?
15:00 What is 'Prophetic' medicine?
16:54 Traditional vs modern biomedicine
21:32 Disease as Imbalance
22:52 Reliability of primary Islamic sources & concept of tawatur
28:20 Worldview and assumptions of modern biomedicine
30:27 Evolution theory and the ideas of Science and Progress
35:00 Improving on Nature
39:26 Quranic worldview vs biomedical/scientific worldview - 3 real life examples
51:55 Questions and comments

Bringing together his unique backdground as a medical doctor and Islamic scholar, Dr Ridhwan elaborates on the principles behind western biomedicine and so-called 'traditional' or naturopathic forms of medicine.
He explodes some of the common myths regarding 'Islamic' medicine, which he points out is in fact Greek medicine, and 'prophetic' medicine which he shows is not a system or theory of medicine at all.
Dr Ridhwan goes on to deconstrauct some of the underlying assumptions and beliefs modern science and biomedicine, and ends with a critique of some of the limites and errors of the biomedical approach.

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