The Ottomans and Sacred Places in Jerusalem
THE AQSA MOSQUE WAS THE FIRST OF THE TWO QIBLAHS TO WHICH MUSLIMS DIRECTED THEMSELVES IN PRAYER. There…
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How to Become a Bad Teacher
Teachers are entrusted with the jewels of life: Our children. Sometimes teachers may be overwhelmed with this very…
We never allow recollections to vanish
The one missing from the heart No one else, you, the candidly expected A voice unreserved, sentimental Nourishing…
Recurring History
Regardless of how one defines global religious revival, theological and political debate over religion makes its presence felt…
Common Termis Amongst The Muslims and Christians
The Muslim-Christian meetings that are organized in an effort to find a common ground between the two faiths…
The Myth of Ottoman Despotism
The concept of Chinese script operated as a kind of a European hallucination. Jacques Derrida1 For over two…
Respond in Mildness
Pope Benedict’s unfortunate speech has offended Muslims all over the world. The offensive words quoted by the Pope…
15 Minutes
Most of us don’t worry about 15 minutes, which perhaps is no time at all. In 15 minutes,…
In Search of Peace On Integration Problems and Provocations
After the series of violent events in France, the Muslim immigrants in European ghettos and their integration into…
Towards a Multicultural Society and Education
Democratic societies are strengthened by fundamental principles, such as freedom, equality, and justice. To keep the identities of…
Montaigne and the Ottomans
Essays are like flexible rhapsodies.”1 They are freer, arbitrary, and subjective as compared to a more rigid, systematic,…
Peace and Conflict Resolution Concepts in the Madina Charter
It is much easier to make contact with people from vastly different cultures and beliefs in the context…
Dialogue with the People of the Book and Exchange of Good Will on Holy Days
God most high has revealed in chapter Mumtahana of the Qur’an two explicit verses which could be considered…
Abstaining From Alcohol
Like all converts to Islam, I am sometimes haunted by my past and always in awe of the…
On the Messenger of God
This introduction by me as a professor of Oriental studies might be seen as an incentive to attract…