December 2011 – The Pen Magazine

The Great Irish Famine and the Ottoman Humanitarian Aid to Ireland

30/12/201103/02/2012

Two years ago, while the President of Ireland was visiting Turkey; she brought a gift to the Turkish President as a remembrance of the Ottoman aids sent by Ottomans by ships....

ONLINE ARTICLES

Change the Direction of Your Emotions

30/12/201108/03/2012

“The most fortunate person in this worldly life is he who sees the world as a military guest-house, and submits himself and acts accordingly. Seeing it in this way, he...

HISTORY&CULTURE ONLINE ARTICLES SCIENCE

Muslims in the History of Sciences

30/12/201108/03/2012

Many people think that Muslims did not play a role in the history of sciences. They suppose religion does not let man to improve in science; so in this case...

EDITOR

A Gentle Man and a Prophet

30/12/201114/10/2014

Editor's letter from the January-March 2012 print issue Boundless thanks to Almighty and All-Merciful Allah for granting us the ability to communicate with each other again through the13th issue of...

Issue 13

January-March 2012 Issue

29/12/201129/12/2014

A father, a husband, a friend, a commander-in-chief, a head of stateand a messenger of Allah, all in one person in perfect harmony The Truth about the...

BOOK REVIEW ISLAMIC WORLD ONLINE ARTICLES

Islamophobia/Islamophilia: Beyond the Politics of Friend and Enemy

22/12/201121/11/2016

Andrew Shryock, editor of this volume of nine articles, says that Islamophobia can be a very nebulous term. And he defines it roughly as a blanket fear or dislike of...

EDUCATION Issue 12 SOCIETY

The World in Crisis: The Qur’anic Remedy

19/12/201113/01/2012

Social problems are abound and have become the order of the day everywhere in the world, whether at the local, national, regional or international levels. Undesirable social conditions, cultural shocks,...

A Garden of Truths Issue 12

A Garden of Truths

19/12/201115/10/2021

Ashab Al Kahf Ashab Al Kahf (the People of the Cave) is the seven young men who were forced to worship a deity other than Allah and took refuge in...

Issue 12

Benchmarks

19/12/201124/12/2011

Four Explanations Showing that the Spirituality is Important The matter does not stand on its own. It depends on a meaning and that meaning is the life and spirit. The...

Issue 12 SCIENCE

Science and Islam-2

19/12/201113/01/2012

By Prof. Ibrahım PIRAHMEDOGLU and Assoc. Prof. Gokalp KAHRAMAN 4. HOW A GUESS TRANSFORMS TO THE STATUS OF LAW Award winning science writer Paul Davies wrote an op-ed New York...

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