Islam and Science Fiction

Although the “Second Edition)” has nothing on Islam in Science Fiction per se but a search on “Islam Science Fiction” leads to an article on Arab Science Fiction. Here is the article:
There are, of course, many fantastic motifs in medieval Arabic literature, as in the collection of stories of various genres Alf layla wa layla [...]

Published in Citizen Culture Magazine, Feb 2005. A futuristic look at a world where seminaries encourage multiculturalism and the quest for tolerance is taken a step too far.
[Entry thanks to Pamela Taylor]

Diana Helwani’s novel. Here is the synopsis from the PRLog Press release on the topic.
Sophia’s Journal: Time Warp 1857, is a genre-crossing science fiction tale and coming-of-age story. Sophia Ahmad is an American Muslim high school sophomore on the verge of getting her driver’s permit and embarking on a summer of mall visits and evenings [...]

Here is a description of Tékumel from Wikipedia.
Tékumel: Empire of the Petal Throne is a fantasy world created by Professor Muhammad Abd-el-Rahman Barker over the course of several decades. In this imaginary world, huge empires with medieval levels of technology vie for control using magic, large standing armies, and ancient technological devices. Professor Barker, like [...]

The movie Final Cut was directed by Omar Naim who is a Muslim. The movie is set in the near future where everyone has a memory chip implanted in their brain. The is a new profession that has been spun from this new development. These professionals are called cutters and they cut the best scenes [...]

The half-English, half-Sudanese Siddig ( Alexander Siddig El Fadil, born Siddig El Tahir El Fadil, who played Julian Bashir on Star Trek Deep Space 9 is also a Muslim. Here is a quote from “Sid” from Sid City Forums via TrekToday.
“I’m someone who didn’t even discover that I was Muslim until I was in my [...]

Muhammed Zafar Iqbal is a Banglasdeshi Sciene Fiction writer who has written Science Fiction stories in Bengali. His first SF story was Kopotronik Bhalobasha (Kopotronik Affair).

Pamela Taylor is another Muslim author who has written science fiction stories. Here is a listing of some of the stories that she has published.

The Cathedral in Citizen Culture Magazine
Mutawwa in Citizen Culture Magazine
“Foreign Thoughts”, SF poem in Star Line (Nominated for a 2007 Rhysling Award)
“The Writing on the Windows” in the Tales of the [...]

Ian Dallas, now known as Shaykh Abdalqadir as-Sufi of the Murabitun Worldwide Movement, is a Scotsman who converted to Islam in 1963, and began studying Sufism with the Darqawi Order in Morocco under Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib. “The Book of Strangers,” which was first published in 1972, is set in an unidentified time and place, [...]