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Do Plants Develop Cancer?

Do Plants Develop Cancer?

01 November 2020 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 138 (Nov - Dec 2020)

Cancer is a prevalent disease among humans and animals, affecting millions of lives across the globe. It can be caused in a variety of ways and can a…

Praying with God-consciousness

30 April 2017 | Mary Lahaj | Issue 117 (May - June 2017)

At the acute-care, big city hospital where I trained as a Muslim chaplain, I was called to support a family who had been visiting their loved one, wh…

The Human Being in Numbers: Last Lesson for Peter

31 December 2011 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 85 (January - February 2012)

Dear Peter! Until today, almost all of your organs and systems introduced themselves and explained the great artistry in their creation along with t…

It's Me Peter, Your Blood

31 October 2011 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 84 (November - December 2011)

Peter, normally you only see me when you have a cut on your skin and do not care much about me. I am a living tissue such as your bones, muscles, and…

It's Us Peter, Your Blood Vessels

31 August 2011 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 83 (September - October 2011)

Dear Peter, the Heart talked about itself so much that we thought it would never let us speak. Yes, the heart functions as a fabulous pump, but it is…

It's me Peter, your liver!

30 June 2011 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 82 (July - August 2011)

Dear Peter, as one of your organs of vital importance, I have a couple of words to say to you. I do not make any noise like the heart or stomach. Nei…

It's Us Peter, Your Salivary Glands

30 April 2011 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 81 (May - June 2011)

Sometimes, when you get mad at someone, you feel like spitting in his/her face. But you should know that saliva is not a worthless liquid to be waste…

It's Us Peter! Your Teeth

28 February 2011 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 80 (March - April 2011)

Dear Peter…! We agreed with the other organs to explain the splendid art inherent in us to you; we have patiently waited our turn. Our aim is to rem…

It's me Peter, your kidney!

31 December 2010 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 79 (January - February 2011)

Dear Peter, in the earlier issues my friends heart and stomach spoke with you and I patiently waited for my turn. I am located at the waist level to…

It's Me Peter! Your Nervous System - 2

31 October 2010 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 78 (November - December 2010)

When you hear the words “nervous system,” what comes to mind is a cluster of cells called neurons. But this is a great mass of cells, and we should a…

It's Me Peter, Your Nervous System

31 August 2010 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 77 (September - October 2010)

Dear Peter! Finally, I have come to say goodbye to you. As you probably know, there is a saying “Leave the best till last.” I am the greatest of all…

It's me Peter, your Immune System!

30 June 2010 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 76 (July - August 2010)

Peter! Let me tell you a basic, but important thing: in order to create a piece of art, you need to have great knowledge, will, and power, which will…

It's me Peter, your Endocrine System!

30 April 2010 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 75 (May - June 2010)

Peter! We are now approaching the end of the series of organs that told you about themselves. They have been pointing out the seal of God on them, a…

It's me, Peter, your Muscular System!

28 February 2010 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 74 (March - April 2010)

Dear Peter! I, your muscular system, would like to talk to you today; I allow you to walk and do all kinds of movements very easily. In the most re…

It's me Peter, your Skeleton!

31 December 2009 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 73 (January - February 2010)

Dear Peter! My fellow organs in your body have been telling you about themselves. You have seen that each of them fulfills different special tasks. B…

It's me Peter, your Skin!

31 October 2009 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 72 (November - December 2009)

Peter! For some time now you have been hearing from the organs in your body who have been telling you about themselves, their importance, and about h…

It's me, Peter, your Tongue!

31 August 2009 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 71 (September - October 2009)

Peter, until now I have been speaking on your behalf, telling people of your wishes, happiness, likes, and dislikes. I have been expressing the feeli…

It's me, Peter, your Nose!

30 June 2009 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 70 (July - August 2009)

You recognize light with your eyes, while you perceive sound waves with your ears. Earlier, those organs told you how they represent God's beautiful…

It's me, Peter, your ear!

30 April 2009 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 69 (May - June 2009)

I was impatiently waiting for my turn to tell you about myself and so about my Creator while in the previous issue, my neighbor organs in your head…

It's us, Peter, your Eyes!

28 February 2009 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 68 (March - April 2009)

Dear Peter, the organs entrusted to you by the Creator have been describing themselves to you for quite a while now. As you have probably realized, o…

It's Me Peter, your Pancreas!

31 December 2008 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 67 (January - February 2009)

Peter, I am not so big as other organs like the liver, heart, and lungs; it is difficult to notice me most of the time. But whether we are large or s…

It's me, Peter, your intestine!

31 October 2008 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 66 (November - December 2008)

Peter, maybe now you will snap at me saying, “What are you trying to do? You are nothing but a set of long pipes, you are the last one to talk about…

It's me, Peter, your Lungs

31 August 2008 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 65 (September - October 2008)

First, lean back and let me expand, so that I can take in more air. The more air I take in, the easier your brain works and the better you’ll underst…

It's me, Peter, your Stomach!

30 June 2008 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 64 (July - August 2008)

Dear Peter, when your heart was telling you about itself in the previous issue (and perhaps you got a bit annoyed with him) I realized that it was ta…

It's me, Peter, your Heart!

30 April 2008 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 63 (May - June 2008)

I started working months before you were born. Even though I have kept beating ceaselessly every second inside, you have never given an ear to find o…

From the Spider's Web

29 February 2008 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 62 (March - April 2008)

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…

The Human Question

31 March 2007 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 58 (April - June 2007)

Statements like “God must have createdwith special care” are most inconvenientand disagreeable. Even for the mostsplendid things, God Almightycomma…

Who Has No Fingerprints?

30 September 2006 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 56 (October - December 2006)

How is it that the fingerprints of children disappear in 24 hours while those of adults remain for longer periods? * How do we leave traces of ourse…

Listening to a Fly

31 December 2003 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 45 (January - March 2004)

"Surely, those whom you invoke, apart from God, will never create a fly even if they combine together for the purpose. If the fly takes something f…

Rivileging Evolution Theory in Schools

31 December 1998 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 25 (January - March 1999)

Evolution is seen as the only scientific explanation of how life began and developed on earth. Creation, by contrast, is regarded as only a religious…

Biological System

31 March 1998 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 22 (April - June 1998)

As a result of some chemical processes in our bodies such as the decrease of the amount of sugar in our blood, we feel hunger or the urge to eat. If…

Perfection and Primitiveness

30 June 1997 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 19 (July - September 1997)

One of the assertions of Darwinian theory of evolution is that there is a perfection or structural and functional development in the animal kingdom f…

Biological Change

30 September 1995 | Irfan Yilmaz | Issue 12 (October - December 1995)

One argument advanced by those who accept (or, rather, who believe) the theory of evolution against those who believe in creation is this: ‘We put fo…