Islamic Relations with Jews and Christians
The Qur’an expresses a range of positive and negative attitudes toward Jews and Christians. The doctrine found in…
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The Islamic Propensity for Science
The naive view of religion and science sees them in direct opposition to one another, and given the…
Renewal in Belief: A Model for Modern Times
If the definitive history of twentieth century Islamic movements is ever written, one wonders whether its author would…
Islamic Science and Making of the European Renaissance
George Saliba is a professor of Arabic and Islamic Science at Columbia University in New York, USA. He…
The Spread of Islam
There are several historical reasons for the astounding spread of Islam throughout Arabia and abroad after Muhammad’s death…
The Influence of Islamic Art on M.C. Escher
Although most of us do not remember or have not ever heard the name M.C. Escher, we are…
The bomb ticks on
Torture is an act that is almost universally condemned. It is prohibited in international law and is not…
Al-Andalus
Maria Rosa Menocal (2002) argues that Al-Andalus (711–1492) was a “utopian-like” society in which Jews and Muslims lived…
The Islamic Conceptualization of the Sciences
We believe it is not emphasized today as much as it should be that traditional conceptualizations of sciences,…
Schooling Islam
Moroccan preschoolers acquiring the basics of reading, writing and Qur’an memorization in state-funded kuttabs… Turkish high school students…
A Universal Islamic Phenomenon in Turkish Religious Practice: the Gulen Case
Fethullah Gulen started his professional career as a traditional imam, trained and certificated by the governmental authorities in…
Wara’ (Abstinence)
Wara’ relates to both the inner and outer aspects of a believer’s life and conduct. A traveler on…
On Nature, Beauty, and Transcendence: An Interview with Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Matter and Beyond explores a wide range of ethical, philosophical, spiritual and scientific questions through interviews with leading…
The Dancing Pen
No one knows dancing like him. Swirl, lift, dip. The routine continues. Swirl, lift, dip. This is what…
Fethullah Gulen and the Contribution of Islamic scholarship to Democracy
Since the fifth century BCE, democracy has been discussed by political theorists, philosophers and members of diverse societies…