Bacteria: The Real Stewards of the Environment
As a result of campaigns that have been led by number of celebrities, we are now aware that…
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Scope of the Scientific Method and What Remains Beyond
Once Newton published his Principia in 1687, the world was never the same again. In a mere 750…
Compassion: The Essence of All Existence
Stories of the prophets are found both in the Qur’an and the Bible, and the prophets appear as…
Science and Faith:Is it Possible for a Scientist to Believe? An Overview of the Western Tradition
The relationship between science and religion can hardly be described as a good friendship. Indeed, as part of…
Mathematical Thinking
Equipped with the faculties of curiosity and intelligence, human beings have built telescopes and launched spacecraft to discover…
When Zero Died
Long, long ago, in a far away world that was inhabited by numbers, it was a clear dawn…
How Swift Our Minutes Pass!
Great God, how frail a thing is man!How swift his minutes pass!His age contracts within a span;He blooms…
The Souls Besieged by a Life of Transience
Those who perceive the world solely in terms of its transitory face and physical constraints can be seen,…
A Reform Rabbi Learns from Muhammad
All Muslims know that the Qur’an often refers to the “people of the book” and their prophets. In…
Economic Development via Human Development
Think about two South African children born on the same day in 2000: Nthabiseng and Pieter. Nthabiseng is…
A Personal Pilgrimage
“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience.”…
Belief in God: A Matter of Life and Death
Odd as such a question might sound, do you think God is still alive in the twenty-first century?…
Quantum Entanglement: Illusion or Reality?
Science has always influenced philosophy. Trivial and not instantaneous effects of change in scientific thought eventually result in…
A Communitarian Imperative: Fethullah Gulen’s Model of Modern Turkey
If there has been one great political lesson the twentieth century has taught us, surely it is the…
Islam and Work
A person is not a machine that can remain indifferent to their surroundings. It is a duty for…