How did Europe achieve the Union?
The European countries have succeeded to establish a union after long centuries of religious and political clashes with each other. Though they are not totally free of problems, currently they...
The Islamic World and the Unity
Although our main source of enlightenment and our true guide, the Qur’an, strictly urges us, as Muslims, into unity, solidarity, cooperation and alliance, contrarily we are fragmented into a thousand...
Hope and Future of Muslims
Sometimes I think to myself that it is not too absurd or inconvenient that the intelligentsia in the Islamic world mostly adore and are infatuated with the Western civilization values...
A Fallacy of Atheism: Formation by itself
Since the beginning of human life on the earth there has always been groups of people along with the believers, who have been sceptic and have had controversial ideas regarding...
Why did Allah create the evils?
It is not rare that we open up our eyes to a new day hearing a news story of a tragic natural disaster which occurs in a far corner of...
Despotism in the Middle East: A View from Bernard Lewis
The question as to whether Islam and democracy are compatible with each other has been widely debated. In these investigations Islam is always considered as the agent that needs to...
The Vicious Circle of Demonization & Victimization of Muslims
A black guard stands erect looking down at the body of a man lying on the stairs. The man’s body looks similar to the standing man’s in colour and shape,...
A Closer Look at the Country of Major Uprisings: EGYPT
What happened to the so-called Arab spring which was cheered so enthusiastically at the outset by the western public opinion and western elites? Well, it is now anything but a...
Bangladesh: A Country that needs our Helping Hand
Ten hours after taking off from Istanbul, we landed into Shah Jalal International Airport in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Half of the Bangladeshi people earn less than one dollar a day. That fact reveals...
Sunnahs of Eid al Adha
Below are the sunnah (and ibadah as well) during the Eid al Adha. Performing them makes you feel better and brings you many benefits in hereafter for sure. • Reciting...