Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

Articles

Securing Peace and Democracy: Consocational Democracy and the Role of Religious Leaders

28 February 2013 | Daniel Hummel | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

A consocational democracy is a type of democracy which emphasizes the importance of power-sharing and decision-making among different segments in society. But is consociational democracy the most suitable form of democracy when it comes to establishing lasting peace in post-conflict societies…

Dawn Comes in Dreams

28 February 2013 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

The spirit wanders through the night To find a way out Toward that which it seeks and longs for Travels with the hope of recovering what is lost Travels from the reason to the heart To bereft of power To distinguish the hopeful from among the hopeless causes There’s a cold war between reali…

The Solar Eclipse and Its Fine Balance

28 February 2013 | Gokay Goktolga | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

A heavenly spectacle happening every 6585.32 days, lasting up to 7.5 seconds, can be seen along a track 300 kms wide but cannot be observed with the naked eye A solar eclipse is a celestial event that takes place when the moon gets in between the earth and the sun. This event has always caught…

The Gulen Movement: A Shared Bridge between the U.S. and Islam

28 February 2013 | Peter J. Mehl | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

"Life is a shared bridge of “passing over” and “coming back.” It is a passing over to other cultures and faiths, not to disown one’s own heritage, but to come back to incorporate new wisdoms and insight into one’s own worldview. The Gülen Movement is one such bridge." What the religious schola…

Will Cern Reveal The Origin of The Universe or cause the end?

28 February 2013 | Cihan Kara | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

CERN, the most advanced physics laboratory on earth, announced on July 2012 that they had found a particle that behaved like the Higgs boson, a particle predicted almost 50 years ago to exist. This discovery has brought with it the possibility that the Higgs boson may be responsible for all the m…

Mixed Greens of Hope

28 February 2013 | Katharine Branning | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

Walking into a regular salad bar for lunch, one anticipates nothing more than a short and simple exchange of civilities and of course a mixed salad. But there are instances where the wisdom one may receive from the man behind the counter has more variety than the salad. Busy New Yorkers gener…

Sakina - Itmi’nan (Serenity and Peacefulness)

28 February 2013 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

Literally meaning calmness, silence, steadiness, solemnity, familiarity, the subsidence of the waves and tranquility, sakina (serenity) is the opposite of flightiness, restlessness, wavering or indecision. In the language of Sufism, serenity means that a heart gradually comes to rest as a result of…

Extraordinary Blood Circulation in Crocodiles

28 February 2013 | Mirac Bekdemir | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

By examining the heart of a crocodile, researchers have discovered how it is that an air-breathing land animal can manage to glide through murky waters for several hours without the need to surface. There is that one scene in documentaries that we often come across on television: Crocodiles gl…

Philosophy of Horizons: Beyond the Immediate and the Obvious

28 February 2013 | Rev. Dr. Pachomius Okogie | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

No matter how fast or how far a person runs, the horizon will always be beyond them. This being the case, the real distance and depth of the horizon is inside a person, it is in their mind and perception… A race I will always remember Not too long ago, when I was still a little boy, I found m…

Mala’, Manufacture of Consent, and True Freedom

28 February 2013 | Hamdi Sener | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

Mala’, the ruling clique of a particular social order, throughout history have always been at the forefront to control the thoughts and actions of their people. With a new face and form, the mala’ continues today, covertly, without being exposed as a distinctive group, and reaches its objectives by…

The Journey of Drugs through the Body

28 February 2013 | Fatih Osmanoglu | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

We get ill due to various reasons and in order to get better, we sometimes get some rest, sometimes be extra cautious with what we eat and other times use medicine. But how does medicine get absorbed from our intestines and get transported to the sickened area? How does it get removed from the body…

Healing of Wounds

28 February 2013 | Mahmut Celiker | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

What possible similarities could there exist between a human and a tree? Interestingly, the open wounds of human beings and trees are subject to the same laws and are healed in similar ways. Have you ever wondered what kinds of similarities exist between human skin and the bark of a tree? Tre…

Rising and Collapsing Worlds in Galaxies

28 February 2013 | Ihsan Kose | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

By the time you finish reading this sentence, you will have been carried over the earth, passed the sun, and moved through actual space of 1000 kms! In the time it takes you to ponder upon this, you will have moved another 1000 km through real space. Fast isn’t it? This is the speed at which one…

How To Avoid Claiming Divine Favors Upon One Self

28 February 2013 | The Fountain | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

Question: There are positive developments around the world in the direction of a revival of ethical and spiritual values. How should believers position themselves on a safe ground to avoid claiming divine favors upon themselves? This matter has two aspects; we are concerned with one aspect, while…

Science Square (Issue 92)

28 February 2013 | The Fountain | Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

Facing Aggression Gómez-Valdés et al. Lack of Support for the Association between Facial Shape and Aggression: A Reappraisal Based on a Worldwide Population Genetics Perspective. PLoS ONE, 2013; 8 (1) It is a common misconception that some people are profiled to be angry or aggressive because of…

Issue 92 (March - April 2013)

Articles

Growing in Cascades

The Test

Seeing Near: A Blessing We Take for Granted

How Many Tsunamis May I Survive?

YNU: Your Nature University

Securing Peace and Democracy: Consocational Democracy and the Role of Religious Leaders

Dawn Comes in Dreams

The Solar Eclipse and Its Fine Balance

The Gulen Movement: A Shared Bridge between the U.S. and Islam

Will Cern Reveal The Origin of The Universe or cause the end?

Mixed Greens of Hope

Sakina - Itmi’nan (Serenity and Peacefulness)

Extraordinary Blood Circulation in Crocodiles

Philosophy of Horizons: Beyond the Immediate and the Obvious

Mala’, Manufacture of Consent, and True Freedom

The Journey of Drugs through the Body

Healing of Wounds

Rising and Collapsing Worlds in Galaxies

How To Avoid Claiming Divine Favors Upon One Self

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