French scientist, physician and author (1920–1998)
Maurice Bucaille
Born
Maurice Henri Jules Bucaille
19 July 1920 (1920-07-19)
Pont-l'Évêque, Calvados, France
Died
17 February 1998(1998-02-17) (aged 77)
Paris, France
Occupations
Physician
scientist
author
Notable work
Mummies of the Pharaohs - Modern Medical Investigations and The Bible, The Qur'an and Science
Spouses
Jaqueline Florisse Henriette Legrand
(m. 1943; div. 1948)
Ginette Bucaille
(m. 1949; div. 1955)
Jeannine Mathilde Monnot
(m. 1958)
Awards
History Prize from the Académie Française
French National Academy of Medicine Award[1]
Maurice Bucaille (French pronunciation:[morisbykaj]; 19 July 1920 – 17 February 1998[2]) was a French doctor and a specialist in the field of gastroenterology.[3] In 1973, he was appointed as the family physician of Faisal of Saudi Arabia.[4] His patients included the members of the family of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.[5]
Bucaille is primarily known for his book The Bible, The Qur'an and Science that he wrote following his study of the mummy of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II.[6][7] The book contained multiple references to the Quran, relating science and Quran in which Bucaille concluded that the Quran is a divine revelation and that it was not written by any man. The book gave rise to a movement called Bucailleism, which tries to relate modern science with religion, especially Islam.[8] Since the publishing of The Bible, the Quran and Science, Bucaillists have promoted the idea that the Quran is of divine origin, arguing that it contains scientifically and historically correct facts.[9][10] According to The Wall Street Journal, Bucailleism is "in some ways the Muslim counterpart to Christian creationism" and although "while creationism rejects much of modern science, Bucailleism embraces it."[11] His work is dismissed by virtually all serious scientists.[12]
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^"DNB, Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". Katalog derDeutschen Nationalbibliothek.
^"Maurice Bucaille". www.bucaillelegacy.com. Retrieved 4 October 2021. (obituary)
^"The story of Maurice Bucaille's inspiring conversion to Islam". Arab News. 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
^Browne, Malcolm W. (3 February 1991). "All wrapped up in his work". The New York Times. (review of Mummies of the Pharaohs: Modern Medical Investigations)
^Harding, Sandra, ed. (2011). The Postcolonial Science and Technology Studies Reader. Duke University Press. p. 375. ISBN 9780822349570.
^Stenberg, Leif; Wood, Philip, eds. (2023). What Is Islamic Studies?: European and North American Approaches to a Contested Field. Edinburgh University Press. pp. 137–138. ISBN 9781399500012.
^Helaine Selin, ed. (2008). "Islamic Science, the contemporary debate". Encyclopaedia of the history of science, technology, and medicine in non-western cultures. p. 456. Bibcode:2008ehst.book.....S. OCLC 900685916.
^Explorations in Islamic science Ziauddin Sardar, (1989), retrieved 28 March 2011
^Taner Edis (2007). An Illusion of Harmony: Science and Religion in Islam. Prometheus Books. pp. 94–100. ISBN 9781591024491.
^Daniel Golden (23 January 2002). "Strange Bedfellows: Western Scholars Play Key Role in Touting 'Science' of the Quran". Wall Street Journal.
^Loring M. Danforth (2016). Crossing the Kingdom: Portraits of Saudi Arabia. University of California Press. pp. 124–125. ISBN 9780520290273.
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Islamic Law: Dhimmis and Others in the Empire of Law. OUP Oxford, 2012. Bucaille, Maurice. The Bible, the Quran & Science. New Delhi: Adam Publishers & Distributors...
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Hajar, "Fath al Bari", 13 vols, Cairo, 1939/1348, vol. 9, p. 18). Bucaille, Dr. Maurice (1977). The Bible, the Quran, and Science: The Holy Scriptures Examined...
California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-23693-6. LCCN 2002007569. OCLC 49824702. Bucaille, Maurice (1977) [Original French edition published 1976]. The Bible, The Qur'an...
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