Financial and Physical Ways of Worship
Question: What would you say about financial forms of worship? Are there any conditions and guidelines for well-off…
Issue 98 (March - April 2014)
23 articles
The Only Memory
How could this piece of information solve my problems? This little sentence cannot really answer all of life’s…
Science Square (Issue 98)
Sequence Integration in the Brain Basal ganglia subcircuits distinctively encode the parsing and concatenation of action sequences. Jin…
Freedom from Cigarettes
The formation of a smoking habit and addiction depends on various social, spiritual, neuro-genetic, and neuro-chemical factors. Some…
Healing with Venom
The honey bee does not only produce honey. It also produces beeswax, pollen, bee venom, gelee royale, and…
The Rhythm in the Universe
A splendid order and an amazing harmony seem to govern the operation of this universe. Big or small,…
Living Faith in Sanliurfa
In the remarkable interfaith city of Urfa, the author is surprised by extraordinary generosity which exemplifies the city’s…
Why Is God Invisible?
When a father’s inquisitive daughter asks him, “Why he is God invisible?” he thinks he’s getting off with…
Are You Alone?
Loneliness is a serious public health concern, akin to both obesity and smoking. Why is it not treated…
Jadhba and Injidhab (Attraction and the Feeling of Being Attracted toward God)
In the language of Sufism, jadhba (attraction) means that a servant is attracted toward God by God Himself,…
Reflections of a Human Rights Advocate
Civil society has yet to define and accept broader human rights … The struggle goes on, building on…
Missing Pieces
Once I could see God in one thing – even though it was the vastest, most mysterious, and…
The Glass Half Full
And alas the day has come,when worlds crash, collide.When the happiest day of someone’s life merges with someone…
Progress or Fallacy in Inferring
New developments in scientific thought and hypotheses testing are changing the ways we think about truth and certainty.…
Annemarie Schimmel Building Bridges between East and West
This is an article on the life, works, and efforts of Cemile (the Beautiful), as Annemarie Schimmel (d.…