Syed Muhammed Fethullah Gülen and the Relevance of His Legacy
All humans are born within the bounds of earthly “time” and “space,” but only a select few transcend…
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The Existence of God
Kalam Cosmological Arguments of Huduth and Imkan in light of Modern Scientific Discoveries Humankind has grappled with the…
The Meeting Point of Traditional Islamic Literature and Psychotherapy
Muslim psychologists and psychiatrists recently published an eye-opening book titled Applying Islamic Principles to Clinical Mental Health Care.…
Mental Pollution
Is it why we cannot attain maximum mental performance? If you are one of those people who are…
Staying behind for Profound Knowledge
Question: What are the lessons today’s believers should draw from the following Divine message: “Believers should not go…
Planet Without Laughter
Though we cannot see humor, like faith, we perceive it all around us. Once upon a time there…
Mala’, Manufacture of Consent, and True Freedom
Mala’, the ruling clique of a particular social order, throughout history have always been at the forefront to…
Compatibility of Modern Psychology and Muslims
“Surely God changes not the conditions of a people, unless they change what is with their selves.” Qur’an…
Jihad
Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States of America there is not an Islamic…
Science Square
The semantic roots of a word may open up new horizons which relate it to a broader frame…
The Islamic Conceptualization of the Sciences
We believe it is not emphasized today as much as it should be that traditional conceptualizations of sciences,…
Schooling Islam
Moroccan preschoolers acquiring the basics of reading, writing and Qur’an memorization in state-funded kuttabs… Turkish high school students…
The Abyss of Modern Thought
Without attributing any value to previous eras, modern thought claims that the only true knowledge is its own,…
Problem Solvers
“There were no lovers left for me in the world, I used to think,Then I took leave of…
A Universal Islamic Phenomenon in Turkish Religious Practice: the Gulen Case
Fethullah Gulen started his professional career as a traditional imam, trained and certificated by the governmental authorities in…