Suffering and Mercy
Last month marked a great loss in world literature; on June 10 Chingiz Aytmatov died. This author, who…
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Islam and Muslims in America before Columbus
Historical facts concerning many established information on diverse fields continue to be unraveled to the astonishment of us…
Hydrogen Energy
“I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it,…
The Myth of Ottoman Despotism
The concept of Chinese script operated as a kind of a European hallucination. Jacques Derrida1 For over two…
Istanbul’s Vanished City of the Dead: The Grand Champs des Morts
With a rich and varied architecture embodying centuries of history, Istanbul is one of the world’s most celebrated…
The History of (pi)
The story starts in 2000 BC with attempts by the Egyptians and Babylonians to compute π. The Egyptians…
Thomas Carlyle’s On Heroes and Hero-Worship and Heroic in History
Carlyle was Scottish and lived in England, but he had close relations with the “New World” and had…
An Argument on Miracles
We sometimes read in newspapers or hear from the news on television “A child fell from the fifth…
Thanksgiving: Now And Then
Among many holidays observed annually in the United States, Thanksgiving has a special place due to its uniqueness…
Modern Science’s Debt to Islamic Civilization
Introduction The debt that Briffault speaks of is often referred to as though it should be taken for…
The Colorful Meaning of Roses
God created thousands of flowers, and yet roses have remained a favorite throughout human history and have assumed…
Religion and Human Conflict
People disillusioned by false practices of faith, as well as the nonreligious, argue that religion brings only fear,…
The Millennium Beginning
At the very beginning of this new millennium, some people claim that we will see a more polarized…
ETHNIC RELATIONS AND CONFLICTS IN CENTRAL EUROPE
Most relations in Central Europe are, unfortunately, based on conflicts. I would like to briefly cover the majority…
Backbiting is unforgivable
Islam strictly forbids spying into people’s sins and secrets and backbiting. It also forbids talking ill of people…