Surrendering to God: Understanding Islam in the Modern Age
Surrendering to God: Understanding Islam in the Modern AgeEren TatariTughra Publications, 2012 In this post-9/11 world, the word…
Issue 93 (May - June 2013)
19 articles
Contemplative Practices: A Comparative Perspective On Different Faith Traditions
The world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;Little we…
From Mexican Jumping Beans to Cyborg Plants
According to Merriam Webster, cybernetics is the science of communication and control theory that is particularly concerned with…
Cooking and World Peace
In the summer of 2007, I traveled to Turkey for ten days as a member of an International…
Islamic Philosophy of Science
Attempting to answer questions of agency, causality and universality from an Islamic perspective is called the “Islamic philosophy…
Culture of Coexistence: Exemplary Cases of Relationship between Muslims and Non-Muslims
Imam Sarahsi narrates an incident which is exemplary of Islam’s policy with respect to non-Muslims. Imam Abu Yusuf,…
A Slap on the Beach
The tropical Kamilo Beach on the Big Island of Hawaiian Archipelago should be a scenic place with white…
Qurb and Bu’d (Nearness and Remoteness)
Nearness (qurb) means that one transcends corporeality in order to acquire perfect spirituality and proximity to God. Some…
Recurring DNA in Genome Structure
A genome is a data book or registry which records the past and future of living organisms. It…
Butterfly Effect
You had to build the cocoon as your sanctuary In order to find your new self in tranquility…
A Blessing Behind an Unlikely Veil: Vomiting as a Healthy Human Reflex
Being one of the most important human reflexes, vomiting is the phenomenon of spewing out, through the mouth…
A Subject of the Divine Promises: Ishmael
The family story of Ishmael is one of the ten family histories into which the book of Genesis…
Don’t Let Me Down
As we enjoy and appreciate so many things in life, hair is usually among the blessings most of…
Nanomedicine: A Novel Paradigm to Medicine
Nowadays, we have been accustomed to hear “nano-something,” and we hardly pay any attention to what this really…
A Very High Peak To Climb
On Sunday, I requested a friend of mine to babysit my two young boys so I could attend…