February 2011 – The Pen Magazine

News&Events

Deputy Secretary General gives a speech at the Kashmir Conference

The Pen20/02/201123/05/2014

20.02.2011 Deputy Secretary General of the UNIW gave a speech at the International Kashmir Conference Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, His Excellency, President and Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir, Valuable NGOs representatives, Dear Pakistani...

News&Events

UNIW Delegation at D-8

The Pen15/02/201106/04/2011

15.02.2011 The Union of NGOs of the Islamic World (UNIW) Delegation visited Prof. Widi Agoes Pratikto, Secretary General of Developing 8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8). General Coordinator Cihangir İsbilir...

PROPHET MUHAMMAD Prophets

Paraclete

Salahaddin Özel14/02/201130/11/2015

How Will We Know that “Paraclete” Mentioned in the Bible Refers to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)? Prophet Jesus (pbuh) talked in Hebrew (Aramaic) not in Latin. Therefore the Bible was in...

News&Events

Secretary General of UNIW congratulated Egyptian People

The Pen12/02/201106/04/2011

12 February 2011 Secretary General of the Union of NGOs of the Islamic World (UNIW) Necmi Sadıkoğlu released a message where he congratulated the Egyptian people for their victory in...

Issue 9 OPINION

Countering Islamophobia: Obligation of Scholars

Dr. Iqbal J. Unus10/02/201102/05/2011

Let me begin by stating that although Islamophobia is relatively new in our consciousness, it dates back centuries. It has ancestral and intellectual roots, an investigation of which must find...

ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 7

Being A Muslim In Europe

Dr Ahmet Bakcan, USA04/02/201121/11/2016

The old continent Europe shelters 450 million people and 27 countries inside it. One of its boundaries goes to the Scandinavian countries and another continues along the Ural Mountains. The social...

ISLAMIC WORLD ONLINE ARTICLES

Fear of Islam: Genuine or Made-up?

Salahaddin Özel03/02/201121/11/2016

Since 9/11 the term Islamophobia has been one of the most discussed issues all around the world. Phobia is a psychological term and mostly caused by traumas particularly experienced in...

ISLAMIC WORLD ONLINE ARTICLES

How to name it: Prejudice or Phobia?

Hamza Berat03/02/201121/11/2016

An extreme fear of a particular thing or situation, especially one that cannot be reasonably explained is the description of what phobia is. Speaking of the word “phobia” as in...

Issue 9

Editor: Islamophobia: An Illusive Fear

A.Cihangir İşbilir01/02/201103/06/2014

Sultan Suleiman the Lawgiver (known as the Magnificent in the West) of Ottomans asks Yahya Efendi, his milk sibling who was also a scholar at the same time, what causes...

DIVINE BOOKS

The Real Guide: Qur’an

Muhammed Zakir Çetin01/02/201114/10/2014

وَلاَ رَطْبٍ وَلاَ يَابِسٍ إِلاَّ فِي كِتَابٍ مُّبِينٍ “There is nothing fresh or dry (green or withered) but is (inscribed) in the Clear Record (in the Qur’an according to one...

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