The Myth of Ottoman Despotism
The concept of Chinese script operated as a kind of a European hallucination. Jacques Derrida1 For over two…
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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…
On the Messenger of God
This introduction by me as a professor of Oriental studies might be seen as an incentive to attract…
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…
Montaigne and the Ottomans
Essays are like flexible rhapsodies.”1 They are freer, arbitrary, and subjective as compared to a more rigid, systematic,…
Resonant Egos and The Art of Married Life
Life is an arena where individuals can reveal the secrets hidden in their ego by interacting with the…
The Statue of Our Souls: Revival in Islamic Thought and Activism
Those who have followed Gulen’s world of ideas closely will see that what he wrote or preached 15-20…
Spiritual Revolution for The Universal Peace
MOSCOW – Arbat Street has always been compared to Oxford Street in London, or 5th Avenue in Manhattan,…
The Role of Education for Dialogue
“No one yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a…
Three Groups Opposing Dialogue: How are those who are hostile to dialogue activities today relevant to and Kharijites, Karmatis, Anarchists?
Karmatism is a heretical esoteric sect founded by Hamdan ibn Karmat in the ninth century AD. Hamdan took…
The Medal Maker
And this world’s life is naught but a play and an idle sport and certainly the abode of…