01/02/2011 – The Pen Magazine

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...

Issue 9 Scholars

Hujjat al-Islam Imam Ghazali: The Sun of the Fifth Century

Feridun SAMIL01/02/201107/04/2015

Imam Ghazali, who has been a prominent and legendary scholar champion of Islam, was born in Ghazal town of Tus city of Iran in 1058 (H. 450). His name is...

HISTORY&CULTURE ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 9

History of Islamophobia and Anti-Islamism

A. Said GUL01/02/201121/11/2016

Islamophobia means an unnecessary and groundless culture of fear against Muslims and Islam. Namely, “Islamophobia term may be defined sociologically as the fear that the Western society has against Muslims”....

Health&Halal Issue 9

Risks and damages of margarine

Mohammad Mazhar Hussaini01/02/201117/10/2011

Margarine is a manufactured substitute for butter. The margarine produced in the United States is usually made from corn, cottonseed, or soybean oil. The oils, refined, deodorized, and hydrogenated to the desired...

HUMAN RELATIONS

Social Awareness

Dr Yusuf Bahadır Deren01/02/201114/10/2014

Social Engineering is a term used in Political Science referring to government’s or private group’s act of manipulating people into performing actions and social behaviours. In other words, ‘with the...

Issue 9 PROPHET MUHAMMAD Prophets

Humane Perfection of Prophet Muhammad

Said Yavuz01/02/201115/05/2015

Say thou: "I am but a man like you: It is revealed to me by Inspiration, that your Allah is one Allah.” (Al Fussialat, 6) Two basic characteristics of Prophet...

Issue 9 PROPHET MUHAMMAD Prophets Youth

A Generation Knowing Their Prophet

Münir Salih01/02/201115/04/2015

Man reaches maturity by imitating: he imitates his parents, his teacher, and older ones; shortly man imitates his loved ones. He resembles his loved ones and gets the colour of...

EDUCATION Issue 9

A few words of advice

The Pen01/02/201113/04/2011

When you are alone, do not forget that you are with Allah (SWT) and your conscience! As long as Allah (SWT) is with you, no one can turn his/her back...

ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 9

Muslims in post-9/11 Hollywood

Salih Sayılgan01/02/201121/11/2016

A tragic story in which four heroic FBI agents fly off to Saudi Arabia and kill Arabs. This is followed by gunfights galore, explosions, suicide bombings, rocket-propelled grenades, and clearly...

THE PEN MAGAZINE

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As of 2014 it started to be published biannually. Every print issue of The Pen has covered and shed light into the topics which are of great importance for the believers such as the existence and oneness of Allah (swt), the proofs of the existence of Hereafter, the mission of prophethood, the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and his way of life (Sunnah), and the reasons behind the creation of man and the test of life.

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