March 2008 - Monthly Archive

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

The Fountain

17724

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 and dies like grass. Time is ticking “swiftly” away, consuming the “minutes” that have bee read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

M. Fethullah Gulen

20361

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, in spite of the breadth of the human conscience, to have darkened their lives by having chosen... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

Bill Sayoran

20110

Water: The Molecule of Life

The sustenance of all known life-forms relies heavily on water, and almost all living things are mostly composed of water. The chemistry of biological reactions is based on water, which renders condit... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

Aydin Kara

29862

Understanding Today's Schools with Chaos Theory

Today’s schools are more complex systems than the one-room schools of the past. However, most of the beliefs and expectations about schools today still remain the same as they were in the olden days. ... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

Allen S. Maller

20011

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 addition, there are dozens of hadiths, sayings of the Prophet of Islam, that speak about Jews and Chris... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

Mehmet Ozalp

17774

Heroes of Compassion

Once there were model men Roaming in our shining civilization. They breathed life into lost souls, We called them heroes of compassion. How we have missed you, waiting, O heroes of compassion, al... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

A. Kadir Yildirim

19125

Economic Development via Human Development

Think about two South African children born on the same day in 2000: Nthabiseng and Pieter. Nthabiseng is born to a black family with no formal education about 400 miles away from Cape Town in a rural... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

M. Ali Kaslioglu

18247

Curative Cherries

Fruits of various kinds in abundance, such as dates in sheathed clusters, bananas piled one above another, grapes, olives, figs, pomegranates, and cherries with their abundant blossom and fruit, are m... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

Ashley Hatchett

19154

A Personal Pilgrimage

“If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must man be of learning from experience.” These words, spoken by George Bernard Shaw, didn’t phase me as I walked into my W... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

Irfan Yilmaz

18119

From the Spider's Web

Hello dear humankind, Many of you are frightened of us. You have even invented a disease called “Arachnophobia” (fear of spider). On the contrary, I do not inflict any harm on you, but rather help ti... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

M. Fethullah Gulen

18833

Hal and Maqam (State and Station)

Hal (state) denotes experiencing in one’s inner world the “breaths” blowing from the realms beyond the world, and feeling the difference between the “night” and “day,” as well as the “evening” and “mo... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

Sophia Gallant

21979

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? Do we need Him? Is He still our “ultimate concern” as Tillich argued, or have we, as the human species,... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

Mustafa Guler

19047

Tissue Engineering; Towards Spare Human Parts

Everyday, thousands of people from all age groups are treated for organ malfunction. Many of these patients require organ transplants; however, there is a long waiting list for people looking for orga... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

Ozgur Cagla

16334

In Search of Freedom

Throughout the ages, people have given different meanings to freedom. Every scholar has defined it in their own way according to their own thinking. At times, the concept of freedom has served as a to... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

Ibrahim Yildiz

16286

Miraculous Carrier in Blood: Hemoglobin

By means of rapid and astonishing advances in science and technology, every day we witness amazing discoveries related to the mechanisms in the human body. Have you ever thought that your heart beats ... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

Ugur Kuru

18754

The Place of Tolerance in Islam

In the aftermath of September 11, Islam’s relation to violence and tolerance have been widely discussed. The critics have generally tried to produce a monolithic image of Islam, which is isolated from... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

Ahmet D. Bahadir

22062

Sheikh Galib and His Definition of Divine Love

Galib’s master work Hüsn ü Ask ("Beauty and Love") is viewed as one of the most distinguished works of Turkish Literature. It is known for its perfect presentations of symbols and characters with wh read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

Joseph Clay

22263

A Brief Introduction to the Noble Qur'an

Islam is a fast growing religion in the West. For the last few decades, there has been growing curiosity about the Qur’an, the holy book of Muslims, among non-Muslims. Yet, there is significant confus... read more..

29 Feb

Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

Hikmet Isik

18391

Human Rights and Islam

Question: What is the Islamic stance on human rights? How does Islam regard the killing of a person? Islam is a universal religion, and the significance it gives to rights is inclusive of all creatio... read more..