Rethinking Islamic Philosophy and Theology
There are not many scholars interested in Islamic philosophy and theology in the West. Despite this fact, there…
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Tolerance
We are experiencing an intense fervor of recovery and revival. If a wind of opposition does not hinder…
The Myth of Ottoman Despotism
The concept of Chinese script operated as a kind of a European hallucination. Jacques Derrida1 For over two…
Montaigne and the Ottomans
Essays are like flexible rhapsodies.”1 They are freer, arbitrary, and subjective as compared to a more rigid, systematic,…
The Statue of Our Souls: Revival in Islamic Thought and Activism
Those who have followed Gulen’s world of ideas closely will see that what he wrote or preached 15-20…
Vanity of Worldly Desires
A gold ingot fell into the hands of a pious man and so turned his head that his…
Love for Humankind
Love is an elixir; a human lives with love, is made happy by love and makes those around…
For Whom Is the Medieval Era Dark?
In elementary school, we learned about various eras: Prehistoric, Antiquity, Medieval, the Renaissance, and Modernity. But we were…
What does the Qur’an say about science?
Q: What does the Qur’an say about science? A: The Qur’an was revealed to make us aware of…
What We Expect from the Righteous Generation…
The first and most important criteria of righteousness is perfect faith. The Qur’an determines the purpose of humanity’s…
The Meaning of Life
Are all of life’s hardships worth enduring? The answer depends on what our goal is in living. In…
The Relationship Of Islam And Science And The Concept Of Science
Swayed by Western domination of their lands, a domination attributed to superior science and technology, some Muslim intellectuals…
Language and Cognition: An Unexplored Territory
The desire to investigate the secrets of knowledge and cognition goes back to ancient times. The Egyptians, during…
The Horizon Of Hope: Spiritual Or Metaphysical Thought
The modern Western world-view is said to be founded almost entirely on materialistic notions excluding, even denying, the…
The Concept of Science
Flowing to the future like a rapid flood full of energy and vitality, and sometimes resembling a dazzling…