Charitable Trusts in Medieval Islam
All over the vast Islamic world, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, various services that are fundamentally important…
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Istanbul: Conversations on Life, Knowledge, and Belief
November 4-10, 2013 / Istanbul, Turkey The Fountain organized a three-day conference in Istanbul featuring scholars and academics…
Birds of a Feather: Ibn ‘Arabi’s Mystical Grounding for Interreligious Dialogue
Mysticism is at the heart of dialogue among religions. Brother Steindle-Rast states, “Never before in history is it…
Illness: Friend or Foe?
How the “Remedies for the Sick” Make a Change in Life Possible Life, illness, and death are basic…
Planet Without Laughter
Though we cannot see humor, like faith, we perceive it all around us. Once upon a time there…
(Dis) Honor Killings: How Islam Can Help Prevent Them
It has been claimed that many crimes against women are carried out in the name of Islam, and…
I Am Calling You, Friend
Oh the beauty in my heart I’m calling you friend, oh friend. Thousand pieces torn apart I’m calling…
Being the White Crow
Abandoned. Pushed away. Cornered. All alone. Betrayed. Away from home… these are very familiar human feelings, things we’ve…
Literature and National Security: The Almajeri Education in Nigeria
Introduction In his The Death of Criticism, Terry Eagleton spoke of the rude shock a clerk in his…
My Brother’s Plum Tree
I often think of my brother during the early summer. When we moved to our home in Philadelphia,…
A Conversation Starter
The question of dialogues between different faiths and cultures is one of the most important questions of our…
How Collaboration Makes a Difference in Dispute Resolution
Parties in a dispute can resolve their differences in various ways. Oftentimes, at least one party feels a…
The Convivencia in Islamic Spain
For a period of almost four centuries, when Medieval Spain was ruled by the Moors, the believers in…
I Am an Immigrant
I have come to the conclusion that life is a great irony. More specifically, human life is a…
On Language and Man
“What a curious thing speech is! The tongue is so serviceable a member (taking all sorts of shapes…