Fethullah Gulen and the Contribution of Islamic scholarship to Democracy
Since the fifth century BCE, democracy has been discussed by political theorists, philosophers and members of diverse societies…
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Victory of the Spirit
Q: What is the meaning of “victory” for a believer, and how is it realized? Human life in…
Greed
It missed the seventh anniversary of 9/11 by a hair’s breadth, but many will remember 9/15 of 2008…
On Hibernation and Bedsores
You would have thought them awake though they were asleep. We caused them to turn over to the…
Can Genes Alone Explain Everything?
Genetics is probably one of the fastest developing contemporary sciences with an incredibly large accumulation of knowledge. This…
From Bright Yesterday to Bright Tomorrows
For centuries we have enjoyed commitment to a belief in eternity, and the atmosphere we inhaled every moment…
The Fundamental Spiritual Benefit of Fasting
The prime goal of Islamic spirituality is to establish an intimate and personal closeness to God. While the…
The Relationship between Law and the Benefits of Intermingling Them
From the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles to Shakespeare, Dickens and modern legal dramatist Grisham, stories about law have…
The Appeal of the Qur’an to Observation and Reason
Humans are endowed with the faculties of reason and intellect, and to ask them to abandon their intellectual…
Crime in the Mind of Dostoyevsky
The theoretical study of crime, due to its potential to provide us with a way to understand the…
Suffering and Mercy
Last month marked a great loss in world literature; on June 10 Chingiz Aytmatov died. This author, who…
Longing for Love
It seems that we have forgotten how to act like human beings. We are far removed from representing…
Bacteria: The Real Stewards of the Environment
As a result of campaigns that have been led by number of celebrities, we are now aware that…
Compassion: The Essence of All Existence
Stories of the prophets are found both in the Qur’an and the Bible, and the prophets appear as…
Like It or Not, We All Like the Same Thing
There were some little puzzles that kept my mind busy all the time when I was a child.…