A Sacred Phase of Time: The Blessed Three Months
The blessed three months are Rajab, Sha’ban, and Ramadan (the seventh, eighth, and ninth months) in the Islamic…
Issue 51 (July - September 2005)
16 articles
The Sinning Forelock
One of the most amazing studies ever conducted on brain function occurred after an industrial accident. The subject…
Two Views of The Apple, Honey and Milk
We humans have a tendency to overlook the marvelous aspects of things we witness regularly. To the parents…
Adab: Education of One’s Ego – A Model for Gifted Education
Although some people deny the existence of super talents, rather seeing success as a result of extreme concentration…
Modern Slavery: Global Trafficking in Human Beings
Each year thousands of people (men, women, and children) fall victim to the vicious and organized trafficking of…
Do Not Take Urine for Granted
The amount of activity that goes on in the human body makes it comparable to a city. There…
Master and Disciple: An Essay on Joachim Wach
“Master and Disciple: Two Religio-Sociological Studies” is a paper written by Joachim Wach. At the beginning of the…
The Blessed Three Months in The Life of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
The wonder of the age, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, had an exceptional life of worship. There are many accounts…
Spiritual Revolution for The Universal Peace
MOSCOW – Arbat Street has always been compared to Oxford Street in London, or 5th Avenue in Manhattan,…
The Role of Education for Dialogue
“No one yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a…
Einstein As a Believer
“My feeling is insofar religious as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human…
The Modern Mummification Cryonics: Search for Immortality Continues
Throughout history, humanity has been in search of eternal life; explorations into the deep galaxy and bio-medical projects…
The Medal Maker
And this world’s life is naught but a play and an idle sport and certainly the abode of…
Three Groups Opposing Dialogue: How are those who are hostile to dialogue activities today relevant to and Kharijites, Karmatis, Anarchists?
Karmatism is a heretical esoteric sect founded by Hamdan ibn Karmat in the ninth century AD. Hamdan took…
The Statue of Our Souls: Revival in Islamic Thought and Activism
Those who have followed Gulen’s world of ideas closely will see that what he wrote or preached 15-20…