Great Muslim men and women of the past - mathematicians, astronomers, chemists, physicians – were driving factors, contributing tremendously to the development and progress within the sphere of science and technology.

During an era of around 1,000 years, inventions and ideas flourished across a wide spectrum of areas, driven by Muslims and the Muslim World. As the Muslim Empire saw new horizons, the movement within science accompanied this growth and poured into the hearts of other cultures and civilisations.
 
However, these inventions have gradually travelled a journey towards a destination of oblivion within the Muslim community. Realising this fact, efforts have been made on different fronts to collate and preserve the Muslim heritage as a testament to Islam's encouragement to intellectual pursuit. As part of this, the 1001 Inventions exhibition has been set up and running in London over the past several weeks.
 
Within our curriculums, history plays a vital role and subsequently a community wide trip to the exhibition was arranged on Saturday 27th March.
 
The objectives of the trip were as follows:
 
* Raise Awareness of thousand years of Muslim Heritage (7th – 17th Century)
* Understanding and Appreciation of Muslim Contributions
* Extract Inspiration
* Emphasise that Islam includes and covers all aspects of life
 
Eight coaches of our community children from across the S.I.Madressa, Hujjat Saturday Workshop and Hussayni Madrasah, accompanied by volunteers and parents flooded the 1001 halls at the Science Museum. Systematically organised, the groups visited the 7 sectors of the exhibition and at each station they were given a preamble by volunteers who had researched the given topic in depth. Having listened attentively to the talks, which covered some of the answers to the quiz the children were given, they spent some time at each station reading the material and testing the interactive media tools. The visit had also attracted the presence of Ahlul Bayt TV, who followed the journey from the beginning to the end.
 
The 6 hour long day was perhaps a bit tiring for some towards the end, but yet full of inspiration which we are sure was further conveyed at the dinner table to the parents who were not able to join the expedition.

A quiz was distributed to the children to complete at the museum (which is available here).

The leaflet we received at the Museum can be found here

The answers to the quiz can be found here.

A short film was also show at the exhibition, this can be found here.

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