Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Articles

Building Social Capital for Development: The Role of Religious Values and Virtues

30 June 2012 | Abdul-Mumin Abdulai | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

This paper investigates the benefits that religious values and virtues can bring to bear on building social capital for societal development. From the outset, it has to be acknowledged that the majority of world's religious beliefs and practices are resting largely on an appreciable amount of value…

The Missing Piece: The New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

30 June 2012 | Katharine Branning | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Eight months have passed since the "New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia" of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City opened on November 1, 2011. The long-awaited $50 million dollar renovation took 8 years to complete. These 15 new gall…

Yaqin (Certainty)

30 June 2012 | M. Fethullah Gulen | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Yaqin (certainty) means having no doubt about the truth of a matter and arriving at accurate, doubt-free knowledge through exact verification. Used also to mean verification, seeking certainty, examining, and exerting strenuous effort to arrive at certainty, certainty is a spiritual station that a…

All of Your Beautiful Names

30 June 2012 | Jacob Winkler | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

O Allah I know You say There is no compulsion in religion But I don't want this freedom Any longer You can have it And me as well Only teach me to count One and one and one is one And gather up the world's phone-books So You can read me All of Your beautiful names. Jacob Winkler is a sp…

The Breast Milk: A Wonderful Food for the Baby

30 June 2012 | Hamza Aydin | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Researches on the complex, multi-dimensional, and dynamic natured organisms reveal new findings and beauties pertaining to creation. Recent researches made in relation to various aspects of the breast milk have once more verified that the baby food formulas, supposedly enriched by modern techniques…

Thoughts on Science of Forecasting

30 June 2012 | Ertugrul Deniz | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Making predictions is an active form of decision-making people do all the time mostly without even being aware. When the bell rings, we guess that there is someone behind the door waiting for us to come. Producers try to predict the response of their customers in the face of different price policie…

... and a Rock Falls

30 June 2012 | Seth Mette | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

I am watching the little tree illuminated by the sunlight penetrating through the other grown trees. Aside from the hushing of the leaves, I hear the sporadic whizzes of cars. The v-shaped valley and the dry streambed in the middle of it are accompanying me in this day. I wish I was closer to the r…

The Butterfly Mosque: Building a Bridge

30 June 2012 | Jessica Danielle Phillips | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

G. Willow Wilson openly states in her work, The Butterfly Mosque, "When videos of angry men in beards flooded the airwaves, claiming their religion was incompatible with the decadent West, I believed them" (Wilson 19). As studies show, this belief is not exclusively held by Wilson but by a majority…

Significance of Philanthropic Institutions in Ottoman Social Life

30 June 2012 | Osman Senkaya | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

"Waqf 1 is a social, legal and religious institution which played an important role in social, cultural and economic life of the Islamic world, especially the Turkic world of the Seljuk and Ottoman period."2 A key function of Islamic waqf (endowment) practice was to cover some of the public expense…

Birth through Belly?

30 June 2012 | Arslan Mayda | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Considering the way human beings are born, some people believe that there can be a "fault" in the design of human body. It is asserted that some normal births cause too much pain for women and cause certain disabilities. Accordingly, "there is no divine creation" which put us in the best possible f…

Her Heavenly Abode... A Letter to A Friend Far Away

30 June 2012 | Pervisha Khan | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Sometimes, to say goodbye to someone you love is quite impossible. It is easier to say "see u later" instead. But at a certain time in your life, there comes a moment when you have to face it. You have to let go of someone you dearly loved your whole life. No matter how hard you pray, the wise men…

Action in the Service of God and Community

30 June 2012 | Hikmet Isik | Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Question: What is the secret of being a person of constant action in the service of God in accordance with the conditions of today? What are the possible means of keeping this spirit consistent? We can consider being actively involved in the service of God in relation to such motivations as findin…

Issue 88 (July - August 2012)

Articles

Exhibitions

Values in Education: Democratic Values

Dignifying Humanity

Sneezing: An Alarm from the Body

A Present of The Presence Through Three Dripping Snow-cones

The Expansion of the Universe and the Big Bang: A Qur'anic Perspective

The Wonderful Octopus

Organized Industry in Cells: ER

Building Social Capital for Development: The Role of Religious Values and Virtues

The Missing Piece: The New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Yaqin (Certainty)

All of Your Beautiful Names

The Breast Milk: A Wonderful Food for the Baby

Thoughts on Science of Forecasting

... and a Rock Falls

The Butterfly Mosque: Building a Bridge

Significance of Philanthropic Institutions in Ottoman Social Life

Birth through Belly?

Her Heavenly Abode... A Letter to A Friend Far Away

Action in the Service of God and Community

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