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10-01-2002
Issue 40 (October - December 2002)
Alvin C. Roseyard
30234
Increasing Brainpower
Brainpower can be defined as intellectual ability combined with intelligence, creativity, and learning ability. The brain is made of living tissues that can restructure itself, and is composed of bill
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10-01-2002
Issue 40 (October - December 2002)
Dr. Ibrahim B. Syed
31750
Music Therapy
In 1944 Edgar Cayce, who healed thousands of people while in a trance state, said "Music is the medicine of the future."(1) Currently, some religious scholars in the Islamic world denounce music. Thi
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10-01-2002
Issue 40 (October - December 2002)
Imran Sabir
37059
Indigenous Culture and the Western Concept of Development
The term development is frequently used in third world countries as a normative concept to imply improvement. But who defines improvement? A spontaneous reply might be that œthe norms for improvement
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10-01-2002
Issue 40 (October - December 2002)
Zainab Goonay
27819
Metaphors in Science
Metaphors are generally considered to be poetic linguistic expressions. However, we often use symbolic language and analogies in our daily lives when trying to explain what we see and hear, how we fee
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10-01-2002
Issue 40 (October - December 2002)
Suat Namli
36468
Perfect Math in Nature
Although many Qur'anic verses encourage us to search for God's art in nature, probably few of us have ever taken the time to do so. For example, how many of us have ever analyzed the number or arrange
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10-01-2002
Issue 40 (October - December 2002)
Steven Krauss
22163
The Destructive Force of Greed
No Qur'anic verse better sums up the world's current condition than this one. Today's world, ruled by unchecked global capitalism, is in grave trouble. Never before has the world seen such a gulf betw
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10-01-2002
Issue 40 (October - December 2002)
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
27066
The Holy Month of Ramadan
The month of Ramadan in which the Qur'an was revealed, a guidance for humanity, clear signs of guidance and the criterion. (2:158) First point: Fasting Ramadan is one of Islam's foremost pillars
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10-01-2002
Issue 40 (October - December 2002)
Hamza Balci
29033
Plastic Electronics
The 1981 movie The Graduate ends with a remarkable scene in which Dustin Hoffman (the young college graduate Benjamin) is advised to continue his carrier with plastics. A quarter century later, Benjam
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10-01-2002
Issue 40 (October - December 2002)
Dr. Zeki Saritoprak
4308
Nature: a book to be contemplated
Nature is a wonderfully designed masterpiece of art. As humanity is in continuous contact with nature, our relationship with it has always been significant. What does nature mean to us? Although we ha
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10-01-2002
Issue 40 (October - December 2002)
Dr. Naim F. Erdem
31339
Honesty and Deception
Ethics and accountability have become important themes for modern government, as most countries are experiencing a severe crisis of legitimacy. Increasingly, there is a feeling that performance manage
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10-01-2002
Issue 40 (October - December 2002)
Habibe Erkin
15198
Genetic Engineering's impact on our lives
Humanity's efforts to control nature dates back as far as recorded history. However, our mastery over nature has given rise to serious concerns. Some see it as opposing God's word, while others see it
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10-01-2002
Issue 40 (October - December 2002)
Dr. Bekir Aksoy
36244
The Status of Dhimmis in the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire recognized three groups of non-Muslim minorities: ahl al-kitab (People of the Book), ahl al-dhimma (protected minorities), and non-Muslims. They are not forced to follow Islamic law
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10-01-2002
Issue 40 (October - December 2002)
Gulcin Aydin
31632
Kingdom of Children
Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement Although, there is a lack of theoretical and philosophical background to understand the homeschooling movement I would like to use some philosoph
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10-01-2002
Issue 40 (October - December 2002)
Hikmet Isik
7301
Why does God tell Muslims to fast?
Q: Why does God tell Muslims to fast? A: The sparrow hawk's swooping contributes to the sparrow's alertness and evolving skills of escape. Although rain, electricity, or fire sometimes harms people,
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10-01-2002
Issue 41 (January - March 2003)
Jay Willoughby
28270
Editorial (Issue 41)
The end of the year 2002 was a time for personal reflection, for Yom Kippur, Christmas, and Ramadan all remind us of God's relevance to our lives. Although many people follow the paths of science, agn
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07-01-2002
Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
Jay Willoughby
27185
Editorial (Issue 39)
Due to recent events, many people are still living under a cloud of fear, worry, and depression. While all of us share these feelings to some extent, life must go on. In this issue, we focus on some o
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07-01-2002
Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
Dr. Kemal Karpat
6432
Terror Beyond Terrorism
A few theories have been proposed about the September 11th attacks upon New York and Washington, DC. Questions waiting to be answered are the identities of the perpetrators, why they did it and what t
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07-01-2002
Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
Anatoli Ivanovic Guser
4326
International Cooperation Against Terror
The September 11th tragedy was not unexpected by all who are interested in œterror as a subject matter. What really was unexpected was the attacks method, dimension, and nature, and even more so the f
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07-01-2002
Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
Dr. Keith Haynes
4085
September Eleven
I am not sure we will ever know the truth about the causes of this terrible tragedy. There are a lot of things we still do not know and may never know. I do not know what happened as far as who is res
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07-01-2002
Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
Dr. Abraham Iron
5745
Mutual Identity For Peace
Despite all the scientific and technological advances achieved during the twentieth century, it is a tragic fact that the problem of terrorism has not been solved and remains a real factor in our dail
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07-01-2002
Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
Abis Kekilbayev
14990
Threatening Humanity's Destiny
We live on a planet that is not so large as we imagine it to be. We cannot isolate ourselves from the influence of other people. In the past, this reality seems to have been acknowledged only by wise
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07-01-2002
Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
Soso Tsintsadze
3993
Politics in the use of Terrorism
Since the assassination of Caesar, terrorism has continued to appear in the political arena as an ever-developing universal disease. This poisoned dagger was left among the pages of historical novels
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07-01-2002
Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
Dr. Rastislav B. Ribakov
3685
September 11: An Act of Violence
I have not yet comprehended why the American and European media have chosen to interpret this violent attack in the way that they have. For instance, why are we arguing about Islam? No evidence has be
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07-01-2002
Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
Sebnem Unlu
22909
Prayer
Prayer is a call, an entreaty from the small to the great, from below to above, from Earth and other terrestrial bodies to beyond the heavens. It is a turning, an asking, a pleading, and a revealing
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07-01-2002
Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
Kadir Can
4148
From Cell to Body
Living creatures, which are arranged in an organization by a hierarchic system of non-living matter, are combinations of syst eachms within other. Each level contains unique systemic arrangements. Ho
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07-01-2002
Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
Esen E. Celik
7295
Freedom, Liberty and Independence
People have sought for freedom ever since humanity was created. This search was pursued by perceiving their willpower and trying to realize it fully, and sometimes by struggling with religion, customs
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07-01-2002
Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
Dr. Sezai Sablak
28286
Privacy under Surveillance
Privacy is a fundamental human right in diverse regions and cultures. It has become one of the modern age's most important human rights issues. Even though nearly every country has a right to privacy
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07-01-2002
Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
Dr. Ahmet Ertugrul
28472
The Dark Side of Harry Potter
There has been a new wave of increasing violence in children's films, books, and toys. This concept of incorporating violence deep in the souls with the paradigm to accept ' the other' as the enemy h
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07-01-2002
Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
Alphonse Dougan
28073
Biorhythms and Time Management
And We made your sleep to be rest (to you) and the night to be a covering. (Qur'an 78:9-10)Most time management experts agree that the essence of time management is self-management. A successful time
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07-01-2002
Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
Huseyin Faruk Coskun
24554
Christianity in the Qur'anic Prospect
This article discusses how the Quran interprets Christianity. However, before we get started, I would like to remind readers of the four essential sources of Islamic legislation. These are, in order
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