A Neglected Value in The 21st Century: NEIGHBORLINESS
Neighborhood and neighborliness is an important social value that is often neglected in this century. Just as in…
Issue 48 (October - December 2004)
15 articles
Symmetry and Beauty
When visiting Moscow University, Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, the famous physicist and the founder of Quantum Mechanics, as…
Paragon of Unity: Discovering The Essence of the Abrahamic Messages
When I first heard a politician say, “We can rule from beyond the grave,” I didn’t respond very…
Nonprofit Organizations in Modern Societies
Nonprofit organizations (henceforward “nonprofits”) are those agencies that are nongovernmental entities incorporated under state laws as charitable not-for-profit…
Prayer An Inexhaustible Treasure for the Human Spirit (A Nursi Reader)
There are two Arabic words that describe the nature of prayer. The word “salat” describes prayer through words…
Children and Violent Computer Games
Suddenly he got up from where he was sitting and started to shout. He was furious just because…
Love of Animals in a Contemporary Student of a Timeless Teacher
Love of animals is a part of the love of the creation. This love is a consequence of…
Health Provided Through The Teeth
Being the product of the cosmic tree, human beings are one of the most complicated biological systems, all-inclusively…
Collective Intelligence in Ant Colonies
Social insects such as termites, some bees and wasps in general, and ants in particular, have held a…
CONSTRUCTIVISM in Piaget and Vygotsky
Constructivism is a new approach in education that claims humans are better able to understand the information they…
The Guests of The Palace
The sandstorm was over. It was a horrible night. The caravan was lost in the middle of nowhere.…
Is There an Islamic Code of Conduct Concerning Way of Dressing
There are no formal rules in Islam concerned with the way one wears one’s hair, the style of…
Thomas Carlyle’s On Heroes and Hero-Worship and Heroic in History
Carlyle was Scottish and lived in England, but he had close relations with the “New World” and had…
Editorial (Issue 48)
Humanity is the most honorable member of all creation, a fact underscored by the divine revelation Surely We…
The World and its Contents from the PERSPECTIVE OF A BELIEVER
This world is a wonderful vessel for humankind, floating in this vast universe, the place that we exist…