Of Grapes and Guilt
Of all the details I remember from that ominous August day, what impressed me most was the sweat…
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Peacebuilding
Everything has a price; in particular, things as precious as peace always come at a heavy cost. Peace…
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…
The “Turkish Letters” of Ogier G. de Busbecq (1520-1592)
The Ottomans had a strong cultural and political presence over the Middle East, North Africa and South Eastern…
Chaos and the Mystical World of Faith
Today, everyone breathes resentment, swallows hatred, curses all that is deemed to be an enemy with a fixed…
Bridging Omo-ilu and Ara-ilu Gaps… A Simple Justobification
Societies are often classified into different groups. These groups could be ethnic, as in most Sub-Saharan African societies,…
Psychological Projection: Islamic and Freudian Views
Projection is a term applied by Sigmund Freud for the act of projecting one’s feelings, attitudes, etc. onto…
Schooling Islam
Moroccan preschoolers acquiring the basics of reading, writing and Qur’an memorization in state-funded kuttabs… Turkish high school students…
Fethullah Gulen: Inspirer of Multi-disciplinary Studies
“The work of Gulen’s followers in Turkey shows that Islam-as taught by Gulen-seeks tolerance, not conflict; it aims…
On Hibernation and Bedsores
You would have thought them awake though they were asleep. We caused them to turn over to the…
Knocking on Your Door
Open your door as a compliment, make your slave happy, Serve my spirit chants from the tongues of…
An American Muslim in Istanbul
Like so many American Muslims, Istanbul too stands at the crossroads of East and West. My trip to…
Hal and Maqam (State and Station)
Hal (state) denotes experiencing in one’s inner world the “breaths” blowing from the realms beyond the world, and…
In Search of Freedom
Throughout the ages, people have given different meanings to freedom. Every scholar has defined it in their own…
What Makes the Planets Revolve around the Sun?
The Sun consists of three parts: the interior, the outer layer, and the solar atmosphere. The outer layer…