Person
A French surgeon (1920–1998) who wrote a popular book arguing that the Quran agrees with modern science.
What it means
Maurice Bucaille’s The Bible, the Qur’an and Science (1976) was widely read among Muslims. Critics say he reads the Quran selectively and its verses beyond what they say, and Muslim scholars are themselves divided on whether it is right to read the Quran as a source of scientific facts.