Surrendering to God: Understanding Islam in the Modern Age
Surrendering to God: Understanding Islam in the Modern AgeEren TatariTughra Publications, 2012 In this post-9/11 world, the word…
Issue 93 (May - June 2013)
19 articles
Butterfly Effect
You had to build the cocoon as your sanctuary In order to find your new self in tranquility…
A Blessing Behind an Unlikely Veil: Vomiting as a Healthy Human Reflex
Being one of the most important human reflexes, vomiting is the phenomenon of spewing out, through the mouth…
A Subject of the Divine Promises: Ishmael
The family story of Ishmael is one of the ten family histories into which the book of Genesis…
Don’t Let Me Down
As we enjoy and appreciate so many things in life, hair is usually among the blessings most of…
Nanomedicine: A Novel Paradigm to Medicine
Nowadays, we have been accustomed to hear “nano-something,” and we hardly pay any attention to what this really…
A Very High Peak To Climb
On Sunday, I requested a friend of mine to babysit my two young boys so I could attend…
Questioning Techniques and Wait Time
Socrates is the first known philosopher to have used questioning in a systematic way with an ethical purpose…
Souls of Immortality
Immortal souls always preserve their vitality, and in every season, they show a different sign of life. They…
Historical Recurrences
Question: Taking into account the notion that history repeats itself, how should we view recent incidents and events…
Cancer: Cellular Anarchy
Cancer is a complex disease, claiming millions of lives every year. There is no single type of cancer.…
Contemplative Practices: A Comparative Perspective On Different Faith Traditions
The world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;Little we…
From Mexican Jumping Beans to Cyborg Plants
According to Merriam Webster, cybernetics is the science of communication and control theory that is particularly concerned with…
Cooking and World Peace
In the summer of 2007, I traveled to Turkey for ten days as a member of an International…
Islamic Philosophy of Science
Attempting to answer questions of agency, causality and universality from an Islamic perspective is called the “Islamic philosophy…