Spiritual Capital for Social Change
When talking about capital most people think of money, gold, homes, and land. But there is a new…
Culture & Society
109 articles
Married to a Turk?!
“Have you lost your mind?!” Professor Lydia cried as soon as I announced that I had been engaged…
Social Reform and Fethullah Gulen: the Cairo Perspective
In Egypt the impression of Turkey in recent times has been shaped by the fantastic goal the soccer…
Honoring Our Parents
Our parents are the people who provide the most care for us in this world. Unfortunately, most of…
Fethullah Gulen: Inspirer of Multi-disciplinary Studies
“The work of Gulen’s followers in Turkey shows that Islam-as taught by Gulen-seeks tolerance, not conflict; it aims…
The Dancing Pen
No one knows dancing like him. Swirl, lift, dip. The routine continues. Swirl, lift, dip. This is what…
Dialogue in Central Eurasia
Central Eurasia is characterized by historians as one of the most diverse places on the face of the…
Fethullah Gulen and the Contribution of Islamic scholarship to Democracy
Since the fifth century BCE, democracy has been discussed by political theorists, philosophers and members of diverse societies…
The Relationship between Law and the Benefits of Intermingling Them
From the ancient Greek tragedian Sophocles to Shakespeare, Dickens and modern legal dramatist Grisham, stories about law have…
Crime in the Mind of Dostoyevsky
The theoretical study of crime, due to its potential to provide us with a way to understand the…
An American Muslim in Istanbul
Like so many American Muslims, Istanbul too stands at the crossroads of East and West. My trip to…
People with Disabilities from an Islamic Perspective
Special education and the Islamic principle of inclusion Historically, people with disabilities have been prey to society’s misconceptions,…
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…
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…