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EDITOR Issue 15 SOCIETY

Unity and Consultation

A.Cihangir İşbilir29/08/201205/11/2015

“Hold fast to God’s rope all together, and split not into factions” (Āl ‘Imran 3/103) The relationship of believers one to the other is like that of the bricks of...

HISTORY&CULTURE ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 15

Consolidating the Consultation Culture and Civil Societies

Metin Ucar15/08/201221/11/2016

Consultation and counsel seem to offer possible solutions for certain monolithic and authoritarian leanings in the Islamic world. The initiatives to organize mechanisms to provide such consultation within ummah should...

Issue 15 OPINION

Political and Economic Integration: the fruits of Islamic unity

The Pen15/08/201214/10/2014

By Mohd Yunus Aminuddin* Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi`s thoughts and commentary on Islamic unity in relation to political and economic integration provides us with a new vision about the future,...

Issue 15 PILLARS OF FAITH Psychology

The Wisdom Behind Calamities

Muhammed Zakir Çetin25/07/201214/10/2014

Disasters are facts of life and they are not meaningless. If we try to read the messages that they convey to us, we may receive the wisdom behind them. وَاتَّقُواْ...

HISTORY&CULTURE ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 15

The History of Islamic Unity

Said Yavuz13/07/201221/11/2016

It is generally understood that when the Muslims follow the basics of Islam they can establish unity and solidarity among themselves. When they have not done so, the results have...

ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 15

The Necessity and Importance of Islamic Unity

İdris Tüzün13/07/201221/11/2016

All historical experiences and also the holy sources of Islam urge us to establish unity and develop close ties and improve cooperation amongst ourselves as Muslims. The Current Situation of...

HUMAN RELATIONS INTERVIEW ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 14

INTERVIEW: Unity is Possible notwithstanding the Obstacles!

The Pen01/06/201216/04/2014

We conducted an interview with Salahuddin Ahmad Mazhary who participated in a forum in Istanbul from the UK. He lives in London. He is a student of History at the...

HISTORY&CULTURE Issue 14

The History Box

Ahmed Said01/06/201222/06/2012

We have been guarding you so far, from now on we are in your service In 1889, when he was 16, Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi had been in Mardin, a...

Issue 14 RELIGION & BELIEF

Doubt in the Faith

Muhammed Tarik14/05/201215/04/2015

Having doubt in iman (faith) concerning the pillars of belief, such as the existence of God and the hereafter, is a mental confusion that occupies the mind and which might...

A Garden of Truths Issue 14

Marks of Islam

Muhammed Tarik14/05/201215/04/2015

Sha‘a’ir means ‘mark’ or ‘symbol’. Some modes of worship and social institutions are called sha’a’ir al-Islamiyya which are the things that symbolize Islam, are always seen in Muslim communities,...

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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