The Ticket
When the National Research Council of the USA announced in 1992 that DNA testing was a reliable method…
Society
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Reward and Praise in Education: When, How and for What Purpose?
“Good grades pay off literally. Teachers have long said that success is its own reward. But these days,…
Remembering the Super Victim: A Letter from a Villain’s Mom to a Superhero
My husband had never been a family man; he was always focused and devoted to his work. For…
Translating the Qur’an into Action
Reflections on the Qur’an: Commentaries on Selected VersesM. Fethullah GülenISBN 9781597842761NJ: Tughra Books An average English reader is…
Values in Education: Democratic Values
“Sentences are correct if you are right.” Yunus Emre People need to understand the values, ideas and practices…
Building Social Capital for Development: The Role of Religious Values and Virtues
This paper investigates the benefits that religious values and virtues can bring to bear on building social capital…
The Missing Piece: The New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Eight months have passed since the “New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central…
Significance of Philanthropic Institutions in Ottoman Social Life
“Waqf 1 is a social, legal and religious institution which played an important role in social, cultural and…
Her Heavenly Abode… A Letter to A Friend Far Away
Sometimes, to say goodbye to someone you love is quite impossible. It is easier to say “see u…
Yaqin (Certainty)
Yaqin (certainty) means having no doubt about the truth of a matter and arriving at accurate, doubt-free knowledge…
All of Your Beautiful Names
O Allah I know You say There is no compulsion in religion But I don’t want this freedom…
The Butterfly Mosque: Building a Bridge
G. Willow Wilson openly states in her work, The Butterfly Mosque, “When videos of angry men in beards…
Gifted Education: A Dilemma
The education of gifted individuals has long been ignored, for several reasons. Some have argued that gifted individuals…
Abdyl
His name was Abdyl. Everybody I knew called him Dyli. The only other Dyli in our small town…
Love in Sufi Poetry
The enduring resonance of the poetry of thirteenth-century Islamic poet, Mevlana Jalal al-Din Rumi, extends across cultures and…