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FAMILY Issue 10 RELIGION & BELIEF

Virgin Mary (Maryam): a model personality

Yunus Emre Pehlivan15/06/201127/06/2012

Chosen above the women Indeed, Allah chose Adam and Noah and the family of Abraham and the family of 'Imran (his daughter Mary and Jesus (Isa) peace be upon him)...

Issue 10 RELIGION & BELIEF

A Muslim perspective on Isa (Jesus) (PBUH)

Yusuf İsmail, S.Africa15/06/201123/05/2014

Who is Jesus? And what is his significance in the 21st century? The original question is something that has been debated and pondered upon by historians, scholars and mystics for...

INTERVIEW ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 10

BRIDGING WITH CAPE OF GOOD HOPE

Salahaddin Özel12/06/201121/11/2016

Muslim Judicial Council (S.A.) is one of the most representative and influential non-profit organizations (NPO) or faith-based organizations (FBO). MJC strives to promote and protect the value systems of Islam...

EDUCATION Issue 10

20 Steps to write a good article

Münir Salih06/06/201107/04/2015

1. In order to write a good article, first choose your topic and decide its boundaries. (The topic must be narrowed as much as possible, and the scope of it...

HISTORY&CULTURE Issue 10

Hijri Calendar

The Pen29/05/201130/04/2014

The calendar system which is based on the Earth’s revolving around the Sun, and marks the arrival day (September 20, 622) of our Prophet (PBUH) in Quba (masjid) as the...

Issue 9 LEAD ARTICLE RELIGION & BELIEF

The Criticism Of Atheism

İdris Tüzün17/05/201131/05/2014

The emergence and running of the universe: cause and effect or a divine power? “Warm air near the Earth's surface tends to absorb moisture in the form of invisible water...

Allah DESTINY Issue 9

Why does Allah (SWT) create the evils?

Cemal Ersen15/05/201117/10/2011

Evil means “not good, bad and harmful thing”. As understood from the verse “Allah is the Creator of all things (An’am 102),” the One who creates the evil and good...

Issue 9 OPINION

Countering Islamophobia: Obligation of Scholars

Dr. Iqbal J. Unus10/02/201102/05/2011

Let me begin by stating that although Islamophobia is relatively new in our consciousness, it dates back centuries. It has ancestral and intellectual roots, an investigation of which must find...

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...

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...

THE PEN MAGAZINE

Published since 2007 The Pen is an educational and cultural periodical covering the Islamic faith, worship, the issues of the Islamic world, and the struggle towards the unity of Muslims.

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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