The Guests of The Palace
The sandstorm was over. It was a horrible night. The caravan was lost in the middle of nowhere.…
Society
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Toward a Global Civilization of Love and Tolerance
Author: M. Fethullah Gulen / ISBN: 1-932099-68-9Price: US$ 14.95 / Publisher: The Light, Inc., New Jerseywww.thelightpublishing.com The need…
Appropriate Messages in Child Training
An old Chinese proverb says that: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.…
The Question of Lifestyle in Interfaith Relationships
A common expression used in “explaining” an apparent animosity among the members of different faiths is to say…
The Effect of Television in the Early Years
Among the greatest inventions of the twentieth century are devices of mass communications. Every invention can have either…
Turkish Islam and Secular State: The Gulen Movement
The public role of religion is a source of controversy in almost every corner of the world in…
Genomes and Languages
Languages are actually not that different from genes. Just as you would expect events like the Barbarian Migrations…
Understanding Prophet Muhammad Beyond the Stereotypes
“None of the great figures of history is so poorly appreciated in the West as Muhammad.”W. Montgomery Watt…
Religion, Violence, and Reconciliation
Thomas Petriano, Ph.D, is the chairperson of the Religious Studies Department of St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue, NY.…
Pearls of Wisdom
This book is a compilation of some of the wise sayings of M. Fethullah Gulen, each of which…
The Plaza of Abraham
Judaism, Christianity and Islam all trace their roots back to Prophet Abraham. Followers of these faiths have recently…
A Moment for Reflection
Camels on the Roof One night, when sleeping, a man heard sounds on his roof. There were loud…
How To Make Our Children Love Reading
When reading is mentioned, we usually talk about the reading habit of adults, and ignore that of our…
The Pride of Humanity in a Scenario
There are movies you watch, movies you live and which make you live, and there are movies condemned…
Islam at the Crossroads
On the Life and Thought of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (Ibrahim Abu-Rabi) During the nineteenth century, Turkey underwent an…