HISTORY&CULTURE – The Pen Magazine

HISTORY&CULTURE Issue 28

Bookbinding

Mustafa Yılmaz25/12/201725/12/2017

Bookbinding dates back to very old times. Before the invention of paper, the texts written on parchment and papyrus were kept as roll in wooden cases or boxes. In order...

Qur’an Copies from Revelation to Ottoman Era

Mustafa Yılmaz18/06/201519/09/2019

The writing of the Qur’an took its finest form in the 19th and 20th centuries with “Ayat Barkanar” and “Tawafuq” styles. As it’s known, our Holy Qur’an began to be...

HISTORY&CULTURE

Hagia Sophia

Erdem Köymen18/06/201530/11/2015

Hagia Sophia was built in the year 324 in the town center of Istanbul by the order of The Byzantium Emperor Konstantinos I. The building was subject to various attacks...

HISTORY&CULTURE News&Events

Ataşehir Mimar Sinan Mosque

The Pen23/03/201525/03/2015

Opened to worship on Friday, June 20th 2012, Mimar Sinan Mosque was built in 22 months at a cost of 40 million TL. The mosque, which is similar to Edirne...

Featured HISTORY&CULTURE Issue 21

The luminous colour of Ramadan: ‘Mahyas’

Mustafa Yılmaz30/09/201403/05/2019

Mahya is an exciting Ramadan tradition enhancing the atmosphere of the blessed month. Mahya is accepted as the herald of Ramadan in our old culture. As good news of Ramadan,...

Featured HISTORY&CULTURE Issue 21

Ramadan in the Ottoman Empire

The Pen30/09/201403/05/2019

The blessed month Ramadan was welcomed at governmental level in the Ottoman Empire. By Muhammed Fatih SEMİZ Ramadan made a different sense to Ottoman Empire and the Ottoman society. The...

HISTORY&CULTURE ISLAMIC WORLD OPINION

Islam in Spain: A Fragmented History, a Fragmented Identity

Alicia Rodriguez Mejuto25/03/201401/12/2016

Islam is presented to the Europeans as something alien and threatening, but in fact, they share a history of 1300 years. Spain, in particular, has a special bond with the...

HISTORY&CULTURE ISLAMIC WORLD Issue 18

Nationalism In the light of Risale-i Nur

Muhammed Zakir Çetin03/05/201308/11/2016

Nationalism and ethnic conflicts is one of the most grieving agonies that the Islamic world is experiencing. The position of Islam on the issue needs to be highlighted and stressed...

Allah Hajj HISTORY&CULTURE Issue 17 WORSHIP

The Journey to the Kaaba, the centre of the world

The Pen25/03/201319/05/2021

By Omer Dabanli The Kaaba with its cubic form is the most sacred place of the Muslims. As a place of the main worship of Islam, it has a deep...

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...

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 is published biannually. Every print issue of The Pen covers and sheds 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. The Pen is inspired by the Risale-i Nur Corpus written by Imam Bediuzzaman Said Nursi who is one of the most effective scholars of the modern age, and who addresses the minds, the hearts, and the souls of people in a convincing manner in his books.