When Zero Died
Long, long ago, in a far away world that was inhabited by numbers, it was a clear dawn…
<span>Louima Cunningham</span>
It’s me, Peter, your Heart!
I started working months before you were born. Even though I have kept beating ceaselessly every second inside,…
Women Confined and Mistreated
Question: Some people claim that in Muslim societies, women are confined to their home and they are oppressed.…
Economic Development via Human Development
Think about two South African children born on the same day in 2000: Nthabiseng and Pieter. Nthabiseng is…
Curative Cherries
Fruits of various kinds in abundance, such as dates in sheathed clusters, bananas piled one above another, grapes,…
A Personal Pilgrimage
“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience.”…
From the Spider’s Web
Hello dear humankind, Many of you are frightened of us. You have even invented a disease called “Arachnophobia”…
Hal and Maqam (State and Station)
Hal (state) denotes experiencing in one’s inner world the “breaths” blowing from the realms beyond the world, and…
Belief in God: A Matter of Life and Death
Odd as such a question might sound, do you think God is still alive in the twenty-first century?…
Tissue Engineering; Towards Spare Human Parts
Everyday, thousands of people from all age groups are treated for organ malfunction. Many of these patients require…
In Search of Freedom
Throughout the ages, people have given different meanings to freedom. Every scholar has defined it in their own…
Miraculous Carrier in Blood: Hemoglobin
By means of rapid and astonishing advances in science and technology, every day we witness amazing discoveries related…
The Place of Tolerance in Islam
In the aftermath of September 11, Islam’s relation to violence and tolerance have been widely discussed. The critics…
Sheikh Galib and His Definition of Divine Love
Galib’s master work Hüsn ü Ask (“Beauty and Love”) is viewed as one of the most distinguished works…
A Brief Introduction to the Noble Qur’an
Islam is a fast growing religion in the West. For the last few decades, there has been growing…