Home
Science
Back
See, think, believe
Science square
Matter and beyond
Health & Medicine
Environment
Science world
Belief
Back
Religion
Lead Article
Spirituality
Questions and Answers
Believing
Dialogue
Humanities
Back
A Moment for Reflection
Book Review
Culture & Society
Education
History
Literature & Languages
Psychology
Archives
Blog
Talks
Subscribe
Search
Search
Articles
Tag
Search For:
All words
Any word
Exact Phrase
Wildcard
Filter by categories:
Issue 2017 (Special 2017)
1993
+-- Issue 1 (January - March 1993)
+-- Issue 2 (April - June 1993)
+-- Issue 3 (July - September 1993)
+-- Issue 4 (October - December 1993)
1994
+-- Issue 5 (January - March 1994)
+-- Issue 6 (April - June 1994)
+-- Issue 7 (July - September 1994)
+-- Issue 8 (October - December 1994)
1995
+-- Issue 9 (January - March 1995)
+-- Issue 10 (April - June 1995)
+-- Issue 11 (July - September 1995)
+-- Issue 12 (October - December 1995)
1996
+-- Issue 13 (January - March 1996)
+-- Issue 14 (April - June 1996)
+-- Issue 15 (July - September 1996)
+-- Issue 16 (October - December 1996)
1997
+-- Issue 17 (January - March 1997)
+-- Issue 18 (April - June 1997)
+-- Issue 19 (July - September 1997)
+-- Issue 20 (October - December 1997)
1998
+-- Issue 21 (January - March 1998)
+-- Issue 22 (April - June 1998)
+-- Issue 23 (July - September 1998)
+-- Issue 24 (October - December 1998)
1999
+-- Issue 25 (January - March 1999)
+-- Issue 26 (April - June 1999)
+-- Issue 27 (July - September 1999)
+-- Issue 28 (October - December 1999)
2000
+-- Issue 29 (January - March 2000)
+-- Issue 30 (April - June 2000)
+-- Issue 31 (July - September 2000)
+-- Issue 32 (October - December 2000)
2001
+-- Issue 33 (January - March 2001)
+-- Issue 34 (April - June 2001)
+-- Issue 35 (July - September 2001)
+-- Issue 36 (October - December 2001)
2002
+-- Issue 37 (January - March 2002)
+-- Issue 38 (April - June 2002)
+-- Issue 39 (July - September 2002)
+-- Issue 40 (October - December 2002)
2003
+-- Issue 41 (January - March 2003)
+-- Issue 42 (April - June 2003)
+-- Issue 43 (July - September 2003)
+-- Issue 44 (October - December 2003)
2004
+-- Issue 45 (January - March 2004)
+-- Issue 46 (April - June 2004)
+-- Issue 47 (July - September 2004)
+-- Issue 48 (October - December 2004)
2005
+-- Issue 49 (January - March 2005)
+-- Issue 50 (April - June 2005)
+-- Issue 51 (July - September 2005)
+-- Issue 52 (October - December 2005)
2006
+-- Issue 53 (January - March 2006)
+-- Issue 54 (April - June 2006)
+-- Issue 55 (July - September 2006)
+-- Issue 56 (October - December 2006)
2007
+-- Issue 57 (January - March 2007)
+-- Issue 58 (April - June 2007)
+-- Issue 59 (July - September 2007)
+-- Issue 60 (October - December 2007)
2008
+-- Issue 61 (January - February 2008)
+-- Issue 62 (March - April 2008)
+-- Issue 63 (May - June 2008)
+-- Issue 64 (July - August 2008)
+-- Issue 65 (September - October 2008)
+-- Issue 66 (November - December 2008)
2009
+-- Issue 67 (January - February 2009)
+-- Issue 68 (March - April 2009)
+-- Issue 69 (May - June 2009)
+-- Issue 70 (July - August 2009)
+-- Issue 71 (September - October 2009)
+-- Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
2010
+-- Issue 73 (January - February 2010)
+-- Issue 74 (March - April 2010)
+-- Issue 75 (May - June 2010)
+-- Issue 76 (July - August 2010)
+-- Issue 77 (September - October 2010)
+-- Issue 78 (November - December 2010)
2011
+-- Issue 79 (January - February 2011)
+-- Issue 80 (March - April 2011)
+-- Issue 81 (May - June 2011)
+-- Issue 82 (July - August 2011)
+-- Issue 83 (September - October 2011)
+-- Issue 84 (November - December 2011)
2012
+-- Issue 85 (January - February 2012)
+-- Issue 86 (March - April 2012)
+-- Issue 87 (May - June 2012)
+-- Issue 88 (July - August 2012)
+-- Issue 89 (September - October 2012)
+-- Issue 90 (November - December 2012)
2013
+-- Issue 91 (January - February 2013)
+-- Issue 92 (March - April 2013)
+-- Issue 93 (May - June 2013)
+-- Issue 94 (July - August 2013)
+-- Issue 95 (September - October 2013)
+-- Issue 96 (November - December 2013)
2014
+-- Issue 97 (January - February 2014)
+-- Issue 98 (March - April 2014)
+-- Issue 99 (May - June 2014)
+-- Issue 100 (July - August 2014)
+-- Issue 101 (September - October 2014)
+-- Issue 102 (November - December 2014)
2015
+-- Issue 103 (January - February 2015)
+-- Issue 104 (March - April 2015)
+-- Issue 105 (May - June 2015)
+-- Issue 106 (July - August 2015)
+-- Issue 107 (September - October 2015)
+-- Issue 108 (November - December 2015)
2016
+-- Issue 109 (January -February 2016)
+-- Issue 110 (March - April 2016)
+-- Issue 111 (May - June 2016)
+-- Issue 112 (July - August 2016)
+-- Issue 113 (September - October 2016)
+-- Issue 114 (November - December 2016)
2017
+-- Issue 115 (January-February 2017)
+-- Issue 116 (March - April 2017)
+-- Issue 117 (May - June 2017)
+-- Issue 118 (July - August 2017)
+-- Issue 119 (September - October 2017)
+-- Issue 120 (November - December 2017)
2018
+-- Issue 121 (January - February 2018)
+-- Issue 122 (March - April 2018)
+-- Issue 123 (May - June 2018)
+-- Issue 124 (July - Aug 2018)
+-- Issue 125 (Sep - Oct 2018)
+-- Issue 126 (Nov - Dec 2018)
2019
+-- Issue 127 (Jan - Feb 2019)
About
Fountain Talks
Blog
Order by:
Relevance
Newest First
Oldest First
Search
Fountain Archive
back to monthly archive
2009
- All Months & Years -
2019 (15)
January 2019 (15)
2018 (94)
November 2018 (17)
September 2018 (15)
July 2018 (15)
May 2018 (14)
March 2018 (17)
January 2018 (16)
2017 (100)
November 2017 (17)
September 2017 (19)
July 2017 (16)
May 2017 (16)
March 2017 (14)
January 2017 (18)
2016 (111)
November 2016 (19)
September 2016 (19)
July 2016 (19)
May 2016 (20)
March 2016 (16)
January 2016 (18)
2015 (127)
November 2015 (21)
September 2015 (21)
July 2015 (21)
May 2015 (21)
March 2015 (21)
January 2015 (22)
2014 (129)
November 2014 (21)
September 2014 (22)
July 2014 (22)
May 2014 (21)
March 2014 (23)
January 2014 (20)
2013 (127)
November 2013 (20)
September 2013 (24)
July 2013 (20)
May 2013 (21)
March 2013 (21)
January 2013 (21)
2012 (121)
November 2012 (20)
September 2012 (20)
July 2012 (21)
May 2012 (20)
March 2012 (19)
January 2012 (21)
2011 (119)
November 2011 (22)
September 2011 (22)
July 2011 (20)
May 2011 (18)
March 2011 (19)
January 2011 (18)
2010 (108)
November 2010 (18)
September 2010 (17)
July 2010 (18)
May 2010 (16)
March 2010 (18)
January 2010 (21)
2009 (110)
November 2009 (19)
September 2009 (20)
July 2009 (16)
May 2009 (19)
March 2009 (18)
January 2009 (18)
2008 (119)
November 2008 (20)
September 2008 (19)
July 2008 (19)
May 2008 (21)
March 2008 (19)
January 2008 (21)
2007 (61)
October 2007 (14)
July 2007 (15)
April 2007 (15)
January 2007 (17)
2006 (56)
October 2006 (13)
July 2006 (12)
April 2006 (15)
January 2006 (16)
2005 (61)
October 2005 (15)
July 2005 (16)
April 2005 (15)
January 2005 (15)
2004 (66)
October 2004 (15)
July 2004 (18)
April 2004 (17)
January 2004 (16)
2003 (65)
October 2003 (18)
July 2003 (16)
April 2003 (16)
January 2003 (15)
2002 (73)
October 2002 (15)
July 2002 (27)
April 2002 (17)
January 2002 (14)
2001 (52)
October 2001 (14)
July 2001 (12)
April 2001 (13)
January 2001 (13)
2000 (47)
October 2000 (12)
July 2000 (13)
April 2000 (12)
January 2000 (10)
1999 (43)
October 1999 (11)
July 1999 (12)
April 1999 (7)
January 1999 (13)
1998 (44)
October 1998 (12)
July 1998 (9)
April 1998 (11)
January 1998 (12)
1997 (49)
October 1997 (12)
July 1997 (12)
April 1997 (11)
January 1997 (14)
1996 (54)
October 1996 (12)
July 1996 (11)
April 1996 (15)
January 1996 (16)
1995 (56)
October 1995 (12)
July 1995 (15)
January 1995 (29)
1994 (51)
October 1994 (16)
July 1994 (13)
April 1994 (11)
January 1994 (11)
1993 (62)
October 1993 (15)
July 1993 (15)
April 1993 (15)
January 1993 (17)
- Ordering -
Most recent first
Oldest first
Most hits
Least hits
- Select Category -
-- Issue 67 (January - February 2009) (18)
-- Issue 68 (March - April 2009) (18)
-- Issue 69 (May - June 2009) (19)
-- Issue 70 (July - August 2009) (16)
-- Issue 71 (September - October 2009) (20)
-- Issue 72 (November - December 2009) (19)
- Select Author -
A. Kadir Yildirim (1)
Aalia Sohail Khan (1)
Abdullah Aymaz (1)
Abdullah Bin Mubarak (1)
Abdullah Sancak (1)
Ahmet Cetinkaya (2)
Ahmet Isik (2)
Ali Kemal Unver (1)
Ali Sebetci (1)
Ayse Meva Nur (1)
Bagasra Omar- Pace D.gene (1)
Bayram Yenikaya (1)
Bill Sayoran (1)
Cendel Tuna (1)
Dr. Musa Saracoglu (1)
Dr. Sami Polatoz (1)
Enis Turker (1)
Erdal Budak (1)
Farid Al-ansari (1)
Fatih Altun (1)
Fatih Harpci (1)
Hakan Yesilova (1)
Hamdi Sener (1)
Hamza Aydin (2)
Hasan Altinbasak (1)
Hayati Tarhan (1)
Hikmet Isik (6)
Huseyin Algul (1)
Ihsan Orhan (1)
Irfan Sahin (1)
Irfan Yilmaz (6)
J. D. Mcclatchy (1)
Jason Newfoundland (1)
Jeannette Okur (1)
Jon Schuck (1)
Kadir Can (1)
Kaptan Murat Celebi (1)
Kerim Balci (1)
M. Fethullah Gulen (14)
M. Louise Row (1)
Mahmut Veziroglu (1)
Maimul Ahsan Khan (1)
Mehmet Celik (1)
Muhammad Iqbal (1)
Muhammed Cetin (1)
Murat Yukseldi (1)
Mustafa Tabanli (1)
Mustafa Torun (1)
Nizamettin Yildiz (1)
Nuh Aydin (1)
O. Faruk Gulduren (1)
Omer Arifagaoglu (1)
Osman Cakmak (1)
Rabia Christine Brodbeck (1)
Resit Haylamaz (1)
Robert Lentz (1)
Salih Adem (1)
Sebnem Unlu (1)
Sehnaz Dogu Ekicikol (1)
Seth Mette (4)
Shirali Kadyrov (1)
Suleyman Eris (1)
Sultan Bashir Mahmood (1)
Sumeyra Tosun (1)
Taufik Mohammad (1)
The Fountain (7)
Turan Kayaoglu (1)
Vedat Akyuz (1)
Victor H. Earnest (1)
Victor Nitelea (1)
Yasin Ceran (2)
Yuksel A. Aslandogan (1)
Zeki Aydin (1)
Zhandos Utegulov (1)
Search
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
The Fountain
5081
Home
Home is special for everyone. For many, it is where they were born and raised. For others it is where they earn their living. For yet others it is a combination of both. Many emigrate to other lands i
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
M. Fethullah Gulen
6186
Our World and Its Inherently Exquisite Mystery
Despite blurred realities, many fair-minded thinkers still regard our “world” as a center of attraction. Personally, it would not be an exaggeration to say that this “world,” with its four seasons, ni
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
Hamza Aydin
3590
Dynamic Programs in Cells
The molecular and genetic diversity in the environmental adaptation mechanisms found in the cells of living beings establishes the ground for fundamental changes in our knowledge about the cell and th
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
Bayram Yenikaya
5706
Dawkins' Delusion
Many articles and books have been published to refute Dawkins’ opinions, but most of them focus merely on defending the author’s own religion or sect of religion. I would like to take a different appr
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
Hakan Yesilova
5330
Social Reform and Fethullah Gulen: the Cairo Perspective
In Egypt the impression of Turkey in recent times has been shaped by the fantastic goal the soccer player Hasan sas scored against Brazil in the 2002 World Cup. “Yavas yavas Hasan sas” is the first th
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
Murat Yukseldi
7299
Al-Andalus
Maria Rosa Menocal (2002) argues that Al-Andalus (711–1492) was a “utopian-like” society in which Jews and Muslims lived side by side in peace and cooperation in what is now Spain. This view has been
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
Jon Schuck
3918
The Heart of a Child
Caught in a child’s hand,the seashell becomes treasure,a catalyst of daydreams. Tuneshummed by innocence reachthe seagull nearby who gives upflight to breathe in this fresh air.An air that only they
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
Abdullah Bin Mubarak
4597
An Epic from the Epoch of Qur'an and Epical Deeds
I was on my journey to Hajj. Travelling through the lands of Iraq and Syria, I came across an old woman all on her own. I greeted her and she answered me with the verse, “Peace! is the word from the L
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
O. Faruk Gulduren
3458
Steadiness in the Language of Mathematics
Many people think that walking two meters is easy, as the interval between the start and the finish is so small. Anyone who can walk half a meter with every step can cover this distance in four steps,
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
Dr. Musa Saracoglu
6407
Ebru or Water Marbling
After the “Sacred Word” was expressed in writing, it met with the refined taste in art. As a result of this meeting, some arts such as ebru, tezhip or illumination, and binding came into being. Reachi
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
M. Fethullah Gulen
4585
Muraqaba
Muraqaba has been defined as watching, supervising, controlling, and living in the consciousness of being controlled (by God). Sufis take this further, by defining it as setting one’s heart solely on
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
Fatih Harpci
7719
Honoring Our Parents
Our parents are the people who provide the most care for us in this world. Unfortunately, most of us often fail to show them the respect they deserve. There are many days set aside in societies to hon
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
Cendel Tuna
4013
Nucleation
Every day we boil water in our homes for tea, cooking and various other reasons, and during the summer months we usually ensure that there is a constant supply of cold water in the fridge. While some
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
Ali Sebetci
4199
The Islamic Conceptualization of the Sciences
We believe it is not emphasized today as much as it should be that traditional conceptualizations of sciences, whether Islamic or not, were very different from the way modern sciences are currently co
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
Ahmet Cetinkaya
4638
Mary
Maryam, or Mary, is the only woman mentioned by name in the Holy Qur’an. She is mentioned in twelve chapters of the Qur’an, a total of thirty-four times. But even more important than the number of tim
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
Sebnem Unlu
5484
Physiological Prevention of Cancer
The fine balance and order seen in living beings provides us with clues and directions as to which behavior is most appropriate. Socially acceptable behavior may differ from one culture to another; ho
...
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
Jeannette Okur
5517
Schooling Islam
Moroccan preschoolers acquiring the basics of reading, writing and Qur’an memorization in state-funded kuttabs… Turkish high school students meeting with mentors in private homes after school to prep
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
Irfan Yilmaz
5531
It's me Peter, your Skin!
Peter! For some time now you have been hearing from the organs in your body who have been telling you about themselves, their importance, and about how miraculously they have been created. However, t
read more..
11-01-2009
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
Hikmet Isik
4224
Desire To Retreat
This transient material world attracts us greatly with the kind of life it imposes upon us, the many opportunities it presents, and its overwhelming daily engagements. As a reaction to these attractio
...
read more..
09-01-2009
Issue 71 (September - October 2009)
The Fountain
4355
Need For a Bit More Quiet Lament
In the face of so many things happening around us, we have two options: either to ignore them, or to take action. Nevertheless, taking action does not always entail outward mobilization. A prophetic t
...
read more..
09-01-2009
Issue 71 (September - October 2009)
M. Fethullah Gulen
6894
Cries of Silence
For many years now, cries of silence have clamored above my voice. So many times have I been frustrated to the point that I was going to condemn the tyranny, spit in the face of the tyrant, answer bac
...
read more..
09-01-2009
Issue 71 (September - October 2009)
Ali Kemal Unver
4958
Mathematics and the Universe
People have very different attitudes to mathematics. While some love it, some find it very difficult and some even hate it. Even though it is true that mathematics is built on an axiomatic foundation,
...
read more..
09-01-2009
Issue 71 (September - October 2009)
Hamdi Sener
4965
The Amazing Story of Hearing
He has granted you from all that you ask Him. Were you to attempt to count God's blessings, you could not compute them. But for sure, humankind is much prone to wrongdoing (sins and errors of judgment
...
read more..
09-01-2009
Issue 71 (September - October 2009)
Erdal Budak
3843
How Lungfish are Protected from the Sun
Water means purity, beauty, and life; it would be unrealistic to talk about life if water did not exist. Though it is widely known that water is a colorless and odorless substance with no taste, the e
...
read more..
09-01-2009
Issue 71 (September - October 2009)
Taufik Mohammad
8816
Coping with Life's Problems: Western and Islamic Perspectives
God burdens no soul except within its capacity… (Al-Baqarah, 2:286)This verse is not strange to any Muslim. God has promised that He will never burden a person with difficulties beyond his or her cap
...
read more..
09-01-2009
Issue 71 (September - October 2009)
Yasin Ceran
4118
Need a Third Eye?
“For he who has but one tool, the hammer, the whole world looks like a nail.”Since the time of Copernicus, natural philosophers have commonly assumed there is a real, physical world that exists prior
...
read more..
09-01-2009
Issue 71 (September - October 2009)
Ahmet Cetinkaya
5539
Did Jesus Have Brothers or Sisters?
The pregnancy of Mary, the greatest example of purity, was a miracle of God and a wonder of divine creation, and the birth of Jesus, peace be upon him, was the result of this miraculous command. The Q
...
read more..
09-01-2009
Issue 71 (September - October 2009)
J. D. Mcclatchy
4023
Dervish
read more..
09-01-2009
Issue 71 (September - October 2009)
M. Fethullah Gulen
4264
'Ibada, 'Ubudiya, and 'Ubuda (Worship, Servanthood, and Deep Devotion)
‘Ibada, ‘Ubudiya, and ‘Ubuda (Worship, Servanthood, and Deep Devotion)Although some view worship, servanthood, and devotion as synonymous, most Sufi scholars and masters say that these words have diff
...
read more..
09-01-2009
Issue 71 (September - October 2009)
Kaptan Murat Celebi
3550
The Tale of a Photon
I do not know where I should start to explain my life story. Perhaps the best way is to start from the time I was brought to this life. I am a particle of light, a photon. The place I was created was
...
read more..
Results 1 - 30 of 110
You are here:
Home
