Effective Use of Education as a Tool to Shape Attitudes: the Australian Experience
We often think of education in the context of a classroom environment, where one teaches and the others…
Understanding
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A True Understanding of Self for Self-Actualization
Psychologists have been using the concept of “self-actualization” to describe those who are immensely successful in realizing their…
Psychological Projection: Islamic and Freudian Views
Projection is a term applied by Sigmund Freud for the act of projecting one’s feelings, attitudes, etc. onto…
The Abyss of Modern Thought
Without attributing any value to previous eras, modern thought claims that the only true knowledge is its own,…
Infinity: A Window on Divinity
The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has…
Translation of Sufi Poetry
The misunderstanding and the misconception by some Western readers that Sufi poetry is strongly tinged with sensuality and…
Do We Worship the Same God? Comparing the Bible and the Qur’an
In spring 2008 I was asked to accompany a group of people from the United States during their…
Interfaith Dialogue in Turkey
A little over two months ago, I went on a trip to Turkey. One of the stops on…
Eye for an “Eye”
It’s been a long and tough life. The days of the earth when it was still so hot,…
Understanding The Order in Nature in a More Analytical Way
This article can be considered as a brief survey of the order in nature carried out through understanding…
What should be the understanding of Mujaddin our time?
Q: What should be the understanding of “Mujaddid” in our time? Does it refer to a single individual…
Three Groups Opposing Dialogue: How are those who are hostile to dialogue activities today relevant to and Kharijites, Karmatis, Anarchists?
Karmatism is a heretical esoteric sect founded by Hamdan ibn Karmat in the ninth century AD. Hamdan took…
A Bridge From Heart To Heart : Empathy
The environment of today is one equipped with high-tech means of communication, some of which are so complicated…
Pearls of Wisdom
This book is a compilation of some of the wise sayings of M. Fethullah Gulen, each of which…
Toward Tomorrow
The Islamic world continues to squirm in the vicious grasp of error, unable to turn to its own…