Potassium Channels: A Tale of Two Nobel Prizes
In May 2003, Roderick Mackinnon’s research group at Rockefeller University has published the three-dimensional atomic structure of a…
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Terror and Suicide Attacks: An Islamic Perspective
Frankly, I was happy to accept the request to prepare a foreword for the readers of the present…
Symmetry and Beauty
When visiting Moscow University, Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, the famous physicist and the founder of Quantum Mechanics, as…
An Argument on Miracles
We sometimes read in newspapers or hear from the news on television “A child fell from the fifth…
The Concept of Prayer in Said Nursi’s Works
One of the most famous Turkish Islamic scholars of the last century was Said Nursi. Nursi, who had…
Editorial (Issue 46
Can you imagine a baby, newly delivered and handed over to the mother, feeling hate and regret emanating…
Purpose of Creation
hy was I created? What am I to do with my life? Why did God send the prophets?…
What would you say about the equality of men and women?
Q: In recent years a lot of things have been said concerning the equality of men and women.…
Islamic Gardens: Growing Cosmological Ideals
If a random group of people were asked about their concept of heaven, it is likely that a…
Six Degrees of Separation or Small World
Introduction In his Models of My Life, social scientist Herbert Simon stated that science’s purpose is to find…
Perfect Math in Nature
Although many Qur’anic verses encourage us to search for God’s art in nature, probably few of us have…
Nature: a book to be contemplated
Nature is a wonderfully designed masterpiece of art. As humanity is in continuous contact with nature, our relationship…
Genetic Engineering’s impact on our lives
Humanity’s efforts to control nature dates back as far as recorded history. However, our mastery over nature has…
Editorial (Issue 39)
Due to recent events, many people are still living under a cloud of fear, worry, and depression. While…
Sufism and Quantum Physics
Sufism and quantum theory have several things in common. For example, Sufis and physicists have very similar views…