Honoring Our Parents
Our parents are the people who provide the most care for us in this world. Unfortunately, most of…
Issue 72 (November - December 2009)
19 articles
Nucleation
Every day we boil water in our homes for tea, cooking and various other reasons, and during the…
The Islamic Conceptualization of the Sciences
We believe it is not emphasized today as much as it should be that traditional conceptualizations of sciences,…
Mary
Maryam, or Mary, is the only woman mentioned by name in the Holy Qur’an. She is mentioned in…
Physiological Prevention of Cancer
The fine balance and order seen in living beings provides us with clues and directions as to which…
Home
Home is special for everyone. For many, it is where they were born and raised. For others it…
Schooling Islam
Moroccan preschoolers acquiring the basics of reading, writing and Qur’an memorization in state-funded kuttabs… Turkish high school students…
Our World and Its Inherently Exquisite Mystery
Despite blurred realities, many fair-minded thinkers still regard our “world” as a center of attraction. Personally, it would…
It’s me Peter, your Skin!
Peter! For some time now you have been hearing from the organs in your body who have been…
Dynamic Programs in Cells
The molecular and genetic diversity in the environmental adaptation mechanisms found in the cells of living beings establishes…
Desire To Retreat
This transient material world attracts us greatly with the kind of life it imposes upon us, the many…
Dawkins’ Delusion
Many articles and books have been published to refute Dawkins’ opinions, but most of them focus merely on…
Social Reform and Fethullah Gulen: the Cairo Perspective
In Egypt the impression of Turkey in recent times has been shaped by the fantastic goal the soccer…
Al-Andalus
Maria Rosa Menocal (2002) argues that Al-Andalus (711–1492) was a “utopian-like” society in which Jews and Muslims lived…
The Heart of a Child
Caught in a child’s hand, the seashell becomes treasure, a catalyst of daydreams. Tunes hummed by innocence reach…