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11-01-2017
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The Fountain
1642
Editorial: Is There an American Muslim Song?
This question, posed by Dr. Ingrid Mattson during her address at the conference “Islam in America: Civic and Religious Youth Identities,” stresses the need for Islam to start feeling at home in the so
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11-01-2017
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M. Fethullah Gulen
1763
Perhaps One Day We, Too, Will Be Revived
In our gloomy lands, we have waited years for a breeze of revival, expecting the momentous sound of a resurrecting trumpet. Though we hope God will not make us wait any longer, we are determined to ac
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11-01-2017
Issue 120 (November - December 2017)
Harun Avci
1506
Water Management and the Qur’an
Water is a unique blessing, given to all living beings. It needs to be used with balance, harmony, economy, and justice. Agriculture, industry, and ecology depend on our water sources. What happens in
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11-01-2017
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Ali Gomaa
1553
Ethics: A Principle in Islamic Epistemology
Islam has been ordained for higher objectives designed to refine the conduct of those who endeavor to follow its guidance. The hope is to yield benefits both for society and individuals. These honorab
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11-01-2017
Issue 120 (November - December 2017)
Lawrence Brazier
1575
In A Different Light
Our cause is not the acceptance or rejection of religion, or the debate of Faith against Reason. We wish to make faith a matter of reason because, if the mystics are right, reason is not necessarily a
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11-01-2017
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Adam Allison
1693
Awesome Inspirations from Shark Skin
There are more than 500 species of sharks that have been identified. They can live both in the sea and in fresh water. According to the fossil records obtained to date, sharks have been around for abo
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11-01-2017
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Mubina Muftic
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Saadi Shirazi’s Influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To Baron von Hammer Purgstall, who died in Vienna in 1856, we owe our best knowledge of the Persians,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson (d. 1882) in his essay “Persian Poetry.” Thus, it was an Austrian Orie
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11-01-2017
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M. Fethullah Gulen
1576
Ghayba (Absence)
Literally meaning disappearance and no longer being existent, ghayba (absence) denotes that the heart has cut its relationship with the corporeal world in order to give itself to exclusive devotion to
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11-01-2017
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Rafiq Ebrahim
1277
Stem Cell Treatments A Breakthrough in Medical Science
There have been certain moments in human history that have stunned humanity and changed the way we thought. Some have even altered the very course of civilization. The late twentieth century and the b
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11-01-2017
Issue 120 (November - December 2017)
Omer Yildiz
1293
Arteries and Veins – How and Why Are They Different?
The human body is an ideal example of the perfect harmony between structure and function; every part serves a purpose. Arteries and veins differ in many ways, including diameter, strength, durability
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11-01-2017
Issue 120 (November - December 2017)
Zara Khan
1563
Is There an American Muslim Song?
Islam in America presents a growing field of research for social scientists who explore Muslim societies and the contentions that arise around them, given the current political and cultural context in
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11-01-2017
Issue 120 (November - December 2017)
Justin Pahl
1458
On Bodies
1. Having a body is a strange thing – stranger, still, when you think about how rarely we consider our bodies and what goes on inside of them. When was the last time you stopped while taking the stai
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11-01-2017
Issue 120 (November - December 2017)
Gunel Mehraliyeva
905
Teenagers and Eating Disorders
“You look great. Have you lost weight?” Most of us enjoy such compliments. Our culture’s messages maintain the importance of being slim. Dieting, exercising, skipping meals, body dissatisfaction, and
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11-01-2017
Issue 120 (November - December 2017)
Esra Akdogan
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Prejudice and Ways to Avoid It in Education
Prejudices are attitudes that may lead to the stereotyping of and discrimination against certain groups, usually minorities. Psychologists have conducted detailed studies on prejudice. In this article
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11-01-2017
Issue 120 (November - December 2017)
Zuleyha B. Ozturk
1390
I See No Difference
“I do not see color, or culture, or any sort of difference about anyone because that leads to discrimination; everyone is the same anyways.” My ears picked up on this conversation right before a
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11-01-2017
Issue 120 (November - December 2017)
M. Fethullah Gulen
1311
System Blindness and the Lifespan of a Society
Question: It usually is inevitable to lose motivation in good works, which, like other things, may become ordinary and monotonous in time. Is this a consequence of system blindness? What can be done t
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11-01-2017
Issue 120 (November - December 2017)
The Fountain
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Hidden Oceans in Frozen Worlds
Hidden Oceans in Frozen Worlds Saxena P. et al. Relevance of tidal heating on large TNOs. Icarus, December 2017. Searching for alien life, a new study from NASA suggests that some icy worlds in our
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11-01-2017
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The Fountain
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What Went Wrong With Turkey?
Asli recounts how her mother-in-law recently caught her six-year-old son stealing a pomegranate from the neighbour’s tree. When she asked her grandson why he was stealing, he replied: "I&r
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11-01-2017
Issue 2017 (Special 2017)
The Fountain
626
The Turkey I No Longer Know
The Turkey that I once knew as a hope-inspiring country on its way to consolidating its democracy and a moderate form of secularism has become the dominion of a president who is doing everything he ca
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11-01-2017
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The Fountain
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What Really Happened in Turkey on July 15, 2016? An Alternative to the Turkish Government Narrative
On July 15, 2016, Turkey experienced a horrific event: an unsuccessful military coup. But a year after the tragedy, questions about what really happened remain unanswered. What we know for sure is tha
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11-01-2017
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The Fountain
487
“And not equal are the good deed and the bad” - On Violence, Power, and Peace in Turkey’s Most Disastrous Year
Why do the most violent people in the world accuse the most peaceful of violence?The last year represents one of the darkest periods in modern Turkish history. In lectures around the world, I once arg
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11-01-2017
Issue 2017 (Special 2017)
The Fountain
463
A Meditation on Persecution
Among the many gospel hymns and spirituals that have provided strength for a suffering people over the decades, one has stayed with me in recent weeks. That song—sung by the great soul artist
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11-01-2017
Issue 2017 (Special 2017)
The Fountain
467
“Have You No Sense of Decency?” An Open Letter to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Mr. Erdoğan:I have visited your lovely country no less than five times over the past ten years. On four of these visits, members of the Hizmet movement were my guides. I have also proudly been associa
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11-01-2017
Issue 2017 (Special 2017)
The Fountain
506
What Went Wrong? Purge, Persecution, and the Imperative to Stand with the Innocent in Turkey
The disturbing meme depicting criminals impaled on hooks with the words "The ideal method of execution for [the members of] the Fethullah Terrorist Organization: The Ottoman Way" is making its wa
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11-01-2017
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The Fountain
565
Erdoǧan’s Most Vulnerable Victims: Women and Children
Human rights violations in Turkey have increased exponentially in the aftermath of the July 15, 2016 attempted coup. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan blamed the plot on the Hizmet (Gülen) mov
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11-01-2017
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The Fountain
482
The Gülen Community: Who to Believe – Politicians or Actions?
On July 15, 2016, while President Erdoğan was vacationing in the Mediterranean coastal town of Marmaris, Istanbul and Ankara were shaken by an attempted coup d’état carried out by certain members of t
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11-01-2017
Issue 2017 (Special 2017)
The Fountain
394
Turkey’s Coup That Was Never a Coup
Note: I first wrote most of the words that follow these in August, 2016, a month after the “coup” in Turkey. Between then and now, things in that splendid country have only gotten worse, and there
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11-01-2017
Issue 2017 (Special 2017)
The Fountain
411
Was Turkey's Coup For Real?
Much speculation exists about the coup in Turkey on July 15, 2016. Some even call it a “false-coup,” which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan organized in order to justify a crackdown against opposition
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11-01-2017
Issue 2017 (Special 2017)
The Fountain
471
Turkey: A State Under One-Man Rule
The July 15, 2016, failed military coup in Turkey, among others, has accelerated and strengthened the Erdoğan regime’s authoritarianism (albeit the democratic aspiration reflected in the people’s resi
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11-01-2017
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The Fountain
382
Civil Liberties in the Throes of Turkish Authoritarianism
Objectivity in political analysis is a luxury often claimed, but rarely earned. Governments, no matter how responsive to public demands, often fall short of the people’s expectations and are, therefor
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