June 2008 – The Pen Magazine

Why do we read Qur’an in Arabic although we cannot understand it?

The Pen07/06/200801/11/2011

This is a beautiful story... An old American Muslim lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting...

Issue 2

Editor:Dreadful Abuse of Fear: Islamo-phobia

A.Cihangir İşbilir07/06/200823/09/2011

Malicious focuses, which have seen the tremendous rise of the Islamic world in recent years, have underhandedly strategized a current intrigue behind closed doors: Islamophobia! They are plotting every plan...

HUMAN RELATIONS Issue 2 News&Events

Two Solutions for Islamophobia

Ali Kurt07/06/200805/11/2015

THE PROPER PRESENTATION AND THE EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION (TABLIGH AND TAMSIL) Although Islamophobia we notice as a concept in Europe since the 8th century, the period the Muslims reached the borders...

Issue 2 News&Events

International Conference On Islamophobia

Münir Salih07/06/200802/04/2011

THE UNION OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OF THE ISLAMIC WORLD (UNIW) FINAL DECLERATION, DECEMBER 8-9, 2007 – ISTANBUL Islamophobia is a dark and dirty tool of a global depression. In today’s...

INTERVIEW Issue 2

Islamophobia: Challenges and the Way Out

Hamza Berat07/06/200802/04/2011

Chairman of Future Global Network, a network of NGOs based in Kuala Lumpur dedicated to the peaceful co-existence of humanity; actively involved in advocacy NGO by being an Exco of...

INTERVIEW Issue 2

Islamophobia: False Impressions and Genuine Concerns

Hamza Berat07/06/200802/04/2011

AHMAD VON DENFFER Chairman of “Muslime Helfen”, GERMANY THE TERM “PHOBIA”, BORROWED FROM PSYCHOLOGY, in combination with Islam does not adequately describe the phenomena commonly understood as “Islamophobia”. As a...

INTERVIEW Issue 2

Concept of Jihad: Some Reflection

Hamza Berat07/06/200802/04/2011

PROF. DR. ANIS AHMAD Meritorious professor and Vice Chancellor, Riphah International University, PAKISTAN THE TERM “JIHAD” (STRUGGLE) IS USED AROUND 40, times in the Qur’an while “qital” or war is...

INTERVIEW Issue 2

The Attitudes of Major Global Powers Towards Islam and Muslims

Hamza Berat07/06/200802/04/2011

DR. HASSAN ABOU TALEB Assistant Director of Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, EGYPT SOME AMERICAN AND EUROPEANS POLITICIANS AND intellectuals admit this problematic. They found solution in distinguishing...

INTERVIEW Issue 2

Constructing American Islamophobia: The Role of Media and Identity

Hamza Berat07/06/200802/04/2011

ERIK C. NISBET Lecturer at Department of Communication, Cornell University, USA Constructing American Islamophobia: The Role of Media and Identity ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, COSTLY MEDIA CAMPAIGNS THAT increase awareness,...

INTERVIEW Issue 2

Combating Islamophobia: Obligation of Scholars

Hamza Berat07/06/200802/04/2011

DR. IQBAL UNUS Director of The Fairfax Institute, International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), UK ONE COULD POSIT THAT THE ORIGINS OF ISLAMOPHOBIA REST IN THE West’s fear that the...

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