Islam and Science - Episode 2

Writer and journalist Ehsan Masood explores the status of science in the modern Islamic world, and asks whether measures taken to promote science are having an impact on the working lives of Muslim scientists. A series of damning reports have thrown the dismal state of science in Islamic countries into the spotlight. Speaking to young scientists in Pakistan, Ehsan assesses whether new investment in scientific research is having an effect. He asks whether, after years of neglect, science could once again play a key role in the fortunes of the Islamic world.