Securing Peace and Democracy: Consocational Democracy and the Role of Religious Leaders
A consocational democracy is a type of democracy which emphasizes the importance of power-sharing and decision-making among different…
Issue 92 (March - April 2013)
21 articles
Dawn Comes in Dreams
The spirit wanders through the night To find a way out Toward that which it seeks and longs…
The Solar Eclipse and Its Fine Balance
A heavenly spectacle happening every 6585.32 days, lasting up to 7.5 seconds, can be seen along a track…
The Gulen Movement: A Shared Bridge between the U.S. and Islam
“Life is a shared bridge of “passing over” and “coming back.” It is a passing over to other…
Will Cern Reveal The Origin of The Universe or cause the end?
CERN, the most advanced physics laboratory on earth, announced on July 2012 that they had found a particle…
Mixed Greens of Hope
Walking into a regular salad bar for lunch, one anticipates nothing more than a short and simple exchange…
Sakina – Itmi’nan (Serenity and Peacefulness)
Literally meaning calmness, silence, steadiness, solemnity, familiarity, the subsidence of the waves and tranquility, sakina (serenity) is the…
Extraordinary Blood Circulation in Crocodiles
By examining the heart of a crocodile, researchers have discovered how it is that an air-breathing land animal…
Philosophy of Horizons: Beyond the Immediate and the Obvious
No matter how fast or how far a person runs, the horizon will always be beyond them. This…
Healing of Wounds
What possible similarities could there exist between a human and a tree? Interestingly, the open wounds of human…
Mala’, Manufacture of Consent, and True Freedom
Mala’, the ruling clique of a particular social order, throughout history have always been at the forefront to…
Growing in Cascades
The Fountain Magazine is delighted to welcome two new editions to its growing family—Revista Cascada and Ebru-two saplings…
The Journey of Drugs through the Body
We get ill due to various reasons and in order to get better, we sometimes get some rest,…
The Test
Life is a chain of tests, ensuing one after another. It is a human condition we experience from…
Rising and Collapsing Worlds in Galaxies
By the time you finish reading this sentence, you will have been carried over the earth, passed the…