Yusuf Kara – The Pen Magazine

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...

ONLINE ARTICLES

What the Arab Spring Teaches Us

Yusuf Kara31/08/201214/10/2014

Islamic World is going through a relatively difficult and erratic period for the last couple of years as with the Arab Spring in the Middle East compared to the time...

ONLINE ARTICLES RELIGION & BELIEF

Belief in the Unseen

Yusuf Kara19/03/201221/11/2016

The notion of unseen is considered as a fundamental subject in Islam. All six pillars of faith (iman) are mainly based on this fact. There are numerous verses in the...

INTERVIEW Issue 8 PORTRAITS RELIGION & BELIEF

“I Have Grown in a Christian Family, Yet We Were Atheists Indeed”

Yusuf Kara18/04/201124/06/2014

Could you introduce yourself to our readers? My name formally is Boris Schlerling. I adopted the name ‘Abdulkarim’ after I became Muslim. I am 17. I study in high school,...

ONLINE ARTICLES

Nationalism and western civilization urge societies to struggle for their personal benefits, while a Muslim works for attaining the pleasure of Allah (SWT). Nationalism and western civilization urges people to...

ONLINE ARTICLES Prophets

The Existence of Allah necessitates the Existence of Prophets

Yusuf Kara13/01/201121/11/2016

Each and every one of the pillars of Islamic faith is like a sun that cannot be extinguished or denied by anyone. Whoever closes his/her eyes makes it dark for...

EDUCATION ONLINE ARTICLES

Bediuzzaman’s Perspective in Educational System

Yusuf Kara07/01/201107/04/2011

Bediuzzaman’s new perspective in educational system and his university project “Madrasat’uz Zahra” One day, he read a statement of the British Minister of Colonies, Gladstone, in the newspaper which read:...

ISLAMIC WORLD ONLINE ARTICLES

Impressions of Bangladesh

Yusuf Kara07/12/201031/08/2016

By grace of Allah, I had the opportunity to visit Bangladesh for the Eid-ul Adha between 13-19 November to attend a qurban organization conducted by the Social Agency for Welfare...

ONLINE ARTICLES

Program with the Executive Director of Kashmir American Council

Yusuf Kara07/11/201005/11/2015

Within the scope of the tenth Council Meeting held by the Union of NGOs of the Islamic World (UNIW), UNIW Council Member from the USA and Executive Director of Kashmir...

ISLAMIC WORLD News&Events ONLINE ARTICLES

Two Important Meetings In Istanbul

Yusuf Kara25/10/201031/08/2016

Recently, Istanbul has hosted very important meetings and I had the honor and pleasure to take part in these organizations as a translator. Now I would like to share my...

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