Islamophobia/Islamophilia: Beyond the Politics of Friend and Enemy
Andrew Shryock, editor of this volume of nine articles, says that Islamophobia can be a very nebulous term. And he defines it roughly as a blanket fear or dislike of...
Why Kashmir is Important to Me?
Dr. Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai The Kashmir issue is simply this: the people of a large territory which is not part of any existing sovereign state were assured by the...
Are you afraid of Death?
This question comes to everybody. No matter who we are or how we live or in which position we act the reality of death never changes. In a certain time...
Two Sides of Ego…(Ana)-2
Yes, we all have egos and our egos are the keys… Keys of our being… Ego is not always something bad if you don’t feed it with evil. Ego in...
Andalusia Lessons
In his dream on his way to Spain, the great commander Tariq ibn Ziyad sees the Prophet (peace and blessings upon him) and a group of companions of the Prophet...
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...
The happiest in the World
The happiest is he who knows the purpose of life and lives accordingly. The entire things man do is for nothing but to be happy. He grows to be happy,...
Priceless Merit – Gift Giving
Gift is the thing that is bestowed voluntarily and without compensation. Did we ever think about the value that gift giving provide for the human relationships? According to the results...
The Earth rests on a bull and a fish?
Upon the fall of Ottoman State and the scientific developments in the west, some western scholars started criticizing Islam. They worked hard and found the so called untrue or illogical...
An Attempt of Reinterpretation of Islam for Modern Age
When the Cold War ended, a problem that the Western Bloc needed to handle with left behind: Fighting Muslim groups that were established and used against soviets as proxies during...