Belief in God: A Matter of Life and Death
Odd as such a question might sound, do you think God is still alive in the twenty-first century?…
Issue 62 (March - April 2008)
19 articles
Tissue Engineering; Towards Spare Human Parts
Everyday, thousands of people from all age groups are treated for organ malfunction. Many of these patients require…
In Search of Freedom
Throughout the ages, people have given different meanings to freedom. Every scholar has defined it in their own…
Miraculous Carrier in Blood: Hemoglobin
By means of rapid and astonishing advances in science and technology, every day we witness amazing discoveries related…
The Place of Tolerance in Islam
In the aftermath of September 11, Islam’s relation to violence and tolerance have been widely discussed. The critics…
How Swift Our Minutes Pass!
Great God, how frail a thing is man!How swift his minutes pass!His age contracts within a span;He blooms…
Sheikh Galib and His Definition of Divine Love
Galib’s master work Hüsn ü Ask (“Beauty and Love”) is viewed as one of the most distinguished works…
The Souls Besieged by a Life of Transience
Those who perceive the world solely in terms of its transitory face and physical constraints can be seen,…
A Brief Introduction to the Noble Qur’an
Islam is a fast growing religion in the West. For the last few decades, there has been growing…
Water: The Molecule of Life
The sustenance of all known life-forms relies heavily on water, and almost all living things are mostly composed…
Human Rights and Islam
Question: What is the Islamic stance on human rights? How does Islam regard the killing of a person?…
Understanding Today’s Schools with Chaos Theory
Today’s schools are more complex systems than the one-room schools of the past. However, most of the beliefs…
A Reform Rabbi Learns from Muhammad
All Muslims know that the Qur’an often refers to the “people of the book” and their prophets. In…
Heroes of Compassion
Once there were model men Roaming in our shining civilization. They breathed life into lost souls, We called…
Economic Development via Human Development
Think about two South African children born on the same day in 2000: Nthabiseng and Pieter. Nthabiseng is…