Covid Resilience

“Sincerity” in the Islamic Tradition Ikhlas is a Qur’anic concept that is variously translated as “sincerity” or “purity of intention,” and Gülen’s understanding of this term covers both aspects of the Qur’anic concept. In ordinary parlance, “since…

How does loneliness affect your brain? Spreng et al. The default network of the human brain is associated with perceived social isolation. Nature Communications. December 2020. A recent study found fundamental structural and functional differences…

Calm your raging eyes Fuel not a hollow fire Lower your accusing gaze Point not at a whirling lily Liberate the flower of sublimity From the shackles of your enmity Let it dance to a divine melody Let it mix the blue into the green Let it reach ou…

For more than six hundred years, from 1300 until 1922, the Ottoman Empire ruled over a religiously diverse population. For the duration of its entire existence the state exhibited exceptional tolerance and permissiveness regarding religious freedom…