How Many Tsunamis May I Survive?
Postmodernism includes theories that recognize and aim to create diversity. This creates the following dilemma: to what an…
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The Gulen Movement: A Shared Bridge between the U.S. and Islam
“Life is a shared bridge of “passing over” and “coming back.” It is a passing over to other…
Will Cern Reveal The Origin of The Universe or cause the end?
CERN, the most advanced physics laboratory on earth, announced on July 2012 that they had found a particle…
Mixed Greens of Hope
Walking into a regular salad bar for lunch, one anticipates nothing more than a short and simple exchange…
Sakina – Itmi’nan (Serenity and Peacefulness)
Literally meaning calmness, silence, steadiness, solemnity, familiarity, the subsidence of the waves and tranquility, sakina (serenity) is the…
The Heart
Love is like Solomon, Borne aloft on the heart, its throne.[1] The heart is humanity’s most essential feature…
Revitalization that Comes with Change
What is the reason behind the calamities and disasters that take place in our world? Why do people…
The Mysteries of the Fundamental Physical Dimensions
“The most beautiful system [the universe] could only proceed from the dominion of an intelligent and powerful Being.” (Isaac…
Louis Massignon: A Tribute to a Pioneer in Interfaith Relations
Fifty years ago the renowned French Catholic scholar of Islam and the Islamic world, Louis Massignon, died on…
Living Green: How Much Do I Need to Suffer for It?
Fewer disposables. Fewer climate-changing green house gases. Fewer containers of trash. Fewer acres of ecological footprint. However, more…
Outside the Agenda
The world agenda is occupied with all kinds of things: the US presidential elections, Syrian massacre, economic fallout…
Science
Today, scientific developments have reached unparalleled speed and level as we stumble upon a new surprising invention or…
From Modernity to Post Modernity: The Importance of Faith in a Changing World
In his essay Postmodern Knowledge, French philosopher, Jean Francois Lyotard defined post modernism as the series of changes…
Peacebuilding through Education
The Fountain is partnering this month with the Peace Islands Institute of New York for the “Peacebuilding through…
Ibn Sina: An Exemplary Scientist
Ibn Sina (known as Avicenna in Latin and in the West) in his masterpiece The Canon of Medicine…