Heroes of Compassion
Once there were model men Roaming in our shining civilization. They breathed life into lost souls, We called…
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Sheikh Galib and His Definition of Divine Love
Galib’s master work Hüsn ü Ask (“Beauty and Love”) is viewed as one of the most distinguished works…
In Search of Freedom
Throughout the ages, people have given different meanings to freedom. Every scholar has defined it in their own…
Economic Development via Human Development
Think about two South African children born on the same day in 2000: Nthabiseng and Pieter. Nthabiseng is…
The Place of Tolerance in Islam
In the aftermath of September 11, Islam’s relation to violence and tolerance have been widely discussed. The critics…
A Reform Rabbi Learns from Muhammad
All Muslims know that the Qur’an often refers to the “people of the book” and their prophets. In…
A Personal Pilgrimage
“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience.”…
Understanding Today’s Schools with Chaos Theory
Today’s schools are more complex systems than the one-room schools of the past. However, most of the beliefs…
Rainbow
Sky in blue, earth in green, dyes of all shades. Rainbows in all directions across the horizon, Touched…
Who Wants a Transformer?
He is God, the Creator, the Evolver, the Giver of Forms and Colors. (Hashr 59:24) Halima was making…
Descent from the Ivory Tower
Refugee in a tower of agony Hungry for ceaseless beauty In love with eternity Refugee in a tower…
The Wonderer
When you travel long enough and become a stranger to every land you step on, you stop having…
The Qur’an: A Biography
The Qur’an: A Biography. Such a title would normally suggest a book that deals with the history of…
The Construction of Intelligence in Terms of Cultural Differences between East and West
As human beings, we live in societies that create their own systems of meanings through the process known…
A Communitarian Imperative: Fethullah Gulen’s Model of Modern Turkey
If there has been one great political lesson the twentieth century has taught us, surely it is the…