In the Footsteps of Wisdom: A Journey Through Said Nursi’s Eighth Word
“Ideology is the marriage of the truth with the apocryphal whereas wisdom is the distinction of the former…
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Life and Education Based on Positive Thought
Positive thinking is a mental attitude, a process of generating thoughts that transform energy into reality. In this…
Finding Faith in Difficult Times: Ten thinkers on the writings of Said Nursi
Many western readers are unfamiliar with Bediüzzaman Said Nursi, an Islamic scholar who wrote mostly in the first…
A Global Democratization Formula
One morning, an office friend gets my attention and asks, “Have I (ever) given you this book?” The…
Virtual Reality as a Learning Tool in Modern Education
A group of friends are out in the city, shopping. While they are walking down a crowded sidewalk,…
“Real Dialogue Is Practice-Centered”
Recently, we had the pleasure of having a thoughtful conversation with two great thinkers and writers from the…
Education: Reconstructing Norms and Empowering Dialogue
“…all cultures are partial and benefit from the insights of others [resulting in a genuine global universalism that]…
Jesus & Muhammad: Commonalities of Two Great Religions
A pleasing coincidence of mutual thought has occurred because some years ago your correspondent was asked why he…
Too Often
Too often, O God, the terrors of the world seem to overwhelm the promises of Your love. Too…
The Council of the Mute
Some scholars and poets once formed a group called the Council of the Mute. There were thirty of…
I See No Difference
“I do not see color, or culture, or any sort of difference about anyone because that leads to…
“And not equal are the good deed and the bad” – On Violence, Power, and Peace in Turkey’s Most Disastrous Year
Why do the most violent people in the world accuse the most peaceful of violence? The last year…
Hizmet Is a True Embodiment of the Islamic Ideals of Love and Service to the Other
I have seen many un-Islamic cults play out in the word today: ISIS, al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, al-Shabab. Hizmet…
Saadi Shirazi’s Influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson
“To Baron von Hammer Purgstall, who died in Vienna in 1856, we owe our best knowledge of the…
Prejudice and Ways to Avoid It in Education
Prejudices are attitudes that may lead to the stereotyping of and discrimination against certain groups, usually minorities. Psychologists…