July 2012

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

The Fountain

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Exhibitions

Travel has never been easier than today, and growing numbers of passengers are filling airports and bus terminals for long-distance journeys. If one cannot afford the fare, it is possible to make a vi... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

M. Fethullah Gulen

14583

Dignifying Humanity

Your essence is even loftier than angels.Hidden in you are spheres and compacted globesMehmed Akif The human is the main subject of every philosophical and scientific view. Neither any philosophy read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Adem Arikanli

15775

Sneezing: An Alarm from the Body

With its capacity to sense smells and prepare air for the lungs, the nose offers a feast of wisdom for appreciative minds. The nose is a very important organ which is assigned with the task of protect... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Omer Ahmet Sarimurat

25131

Values in Education: Democratic Values

"Sentences are correct if you are right."Yunus EmrePeople need to understand the values, ideas and practices in their society. Values relate to our purpose in life and are used as guiding principles. read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Ahmet Nazif Canoglu

13412

The Wonderful Octopus

Taking its place among the world's short-lived mollusks, the octopus is a fantastic sea animal with intelligent behavior. Despite its smooth and soft skin, it has a hard beak and its tongue is like a ... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Ayse K. Coskun

13776

A Present of The Presence Through Three Dripping Snow-cones

"I want to start fasting this year during the month of Ramadan" she said with a serious tone of voice, as determined as a five-year-old girl could be. It was their family custom to bring up important read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Ali Kaya

14848

The Expansion of the Universe and the Big Bang: A Qur'anic Perspective

After Hubble announced the final results of his observations in 1929, physicists' view of the universe began to change completely. In fact, before Hubble published his findings, Friedmann, who had use... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Hilmi Celaloglu

13412

Organized Industry in Cells: ER

An important characteristic of animate structures in the micro-pages of nature unseen by the naked eye is being able to fit intricate and convoluted broad surfaces into a small area or volume. Fitting... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Abdul-Mumin Abdulai

15968

Building Social Capital for Development: The Role of Religious Values and Virtues

This paper investigates the benefits that religious values and virtues can bring to bear on building social capital for societal development. From the outset, it has to be acknowledged that the majori... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Katharine Branning

13729

The Missing Piece: The New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Eight months have passed since the "New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia" of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City opened on November ... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

M. Fethullah Gulen

12942

Yaqin (Certainty)

Yaqin (certainty) means having no doubt about the truth of a matter and arriving at accurate, doubt-free knowledge through exact verification. Used also to mean verification, seeking certainty, examin... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Jacob Winkler

12900

All of Your Beautiful Names

O Allah I know You say There is no compulsion in religion But I don't want this freedom Any longer You can have it And me as well Only teach me to count One and one and one is one And gather ... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Seth Mette

11588

... and a Rock Falls

I am watching the little tree illuminated by the sunlight penetrating through the other grown trees. Aside from the hushing of the leaves, I hear the sporadic whizzes of cars. The v-shaped valley and ... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Hamza Aydin

14272

The Breast Milk: A Wonderful Food for the Baby

Researches on the complex, multi-dimensional, and dynamic natured organisms reveal new findings and beauties pertaining to creation. Recent researches made in relation to various aspects of the breast... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Ertugrul Deniz

13246

Thoughts on Science of Forecasting

Making predictions is an active form of decision-making people do all the time mostly without even being aware. When the bell rings, we guess that there is someone behind the door waiting for us to co... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Jessica Danielle Phillips

16349

The Butterfly Mosque: Building a Bridge

G. Willow Wilson openly states in her work, The Butterfly Mosque, "When videos of angry men in beards flooded the airwaves, claiming their religion was incompatible with the decadent West, I believed ... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Arslan Mayda

12492

Birth through Belly?

Considering the way human beings are born, some people believe that there can be a "fault" in the design of human body. It is asserted that some normal births cause too much pain for women and cause c... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Osman Senkaya

16264

Significance of Philanthropic Institutions in Ottoman Social Life

"Waqf 1 is a social, legal and religious institution which played an important role in social, cultural and economic life of the Islamic world, especially the Turkic world of the Seljuk and Ottoman pe read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Pervisha Khan

19539

Her Heavenly Abode... A Letter to A Friend Far Away

Sometimes, to say goodbye to someone you love is quite impossible. It is easier to say "see u later" instead. But at a certain time in your life, there comes a moment when you have to face it. You hav... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Hikmet Isik

12776

Action in the Service of God and Community

Question: What is the secret of being a person of constant action in the service of God in accordance with the conditions of today? What are the possible means of keeping this spirit consistent? We c... read more..

01 Jul

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

The Fountain

19557

What do mosquitoes do when it’s raining?

What do mosquitoes do when it's raining? Mosquitoes like climates with high humidity and rainfall. While a single raindrop can weigh 50 times as much as a mosquito, how can mosquitos fly and survive ... read more..

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Monthly Archive

Exhibitions

Dignifying Humanity

Sneezing: An Alarm from the Body

Values in Education: Democratic Values

The Wonderful Octopus

A Present of The Presence Through Three Dripping Snow-cones

The Expansion of the Universe and the Big Bang: A Qur'anic Perspective

Organized Industry in Cells: ER

Building Social Capital for Development: The Role of Religious Values and Virtues

The Missing Piece: The New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Yaqin (Certainty)

All of Your Beautiful Names

... and a Rock Falls

The Breast Milk: A Wonderful Food for the Baby

Thoughts on Science of Forecasting

The Butterfly Mosque: Building a Bridge

Birth through Belly?

Significance of Philanthropic Institutions in Ottoman Social Life

Her Heavenly Abode... A Letter to A Friend Far Away

Action in the Service of God and Community

What do mosquitoes do when it’s raining?