19/11/2016 – The Pen Magazine

Issue 26 PILLARS OF FAITH

Understanding Islam

The Pen19/11/201605/03/2021

“ISIS”, “Al-Qaida”, suicide bombing, “Muslim” intolerance and all the rest of it: anyone with an even elementary knowledge of Islamic learning and culture will know how strange and alien, indeed...

Health&Halal Issue 26

Edirne historical hospital: Dar al Shifa

Mustafa Yılmaz19/11/201622/03/2017

Dar al Shifa , as it is used in the Ottoman, can be described in the simplest term as the place that offers health service to public. “Darussifa” is also...

Health&Halal Issue 26

Exploring halal opportunities in a growing market

M.Ehsan Sairally19/11/201622/03/2017

The scope and sphere of the food manufacturing/processing sector continues to adjust to dynamic changes in the marketplace. Various issues are coming together to shape food buying habits i.e. demography,...

FAMILY Issue 26

What are parents? And what are they not?

The Pen19/11/201622/03/2017

Pedagogy Association, Istanbul Our “values” and “identities” are mixed up like many other things in today’s world. And when the daily rush of life is added to this mix-up, our...

EDITOR Issue 26

“I cannot live without freedom!”

Metin Ucar19/11/201622/03/2017

“You are governed as you deserve” says the Prophet (pbuh). Since the night of July 15th 2016, 78 million people living in Turkey have declared all together once more that...

EDUCATION Issue 26

Combining “positive and Islamic sciences and moral training” in formal education

Yunus Emre Pehlivan19/11/201622/03/2017

Madrasatuz-Zahra was a university project which would combine positive and religious sciences. It aimed to give a powerful education covering the needs of the time, uplifting Muslims in science and...

Comment ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 26

Kashmir: trouble in Paradise

Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, USA19/11/201622/05/2018

So much for Ban Ki-moon’s heart and possibly even more so his soul! One can only recall the quote in Matthew and the betrayal of Jesus, “When Pilate saw that...

Issue 26

Making a correct diagnosis

Yusuf Kara19/11/201619/11/2018

Years ago in an Islamic conference I attended in the USA, a renowned speaker said the following: “Some youth come to me and ask questions related to iman (faith). I...

Issue 26 WORSHIP

Servanthood: first and foremost

Kudret Uğur19/11/201622/03/2017

Prophet Suleiman (as) He was a blessed gift given to David, peace be upon him. That is, he was a prophet son given to a prophet father. 1 He was...

Issue 26

Whoever forgets Allah forgets his self

Mustafa Topöz19/11/201619/11/2018

I would like to talk about a person. More precisely, I would like to describe a character at some length. Imagine a person; Who only thinks himself, Who says, “As...

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