January 2007 - Monthly Archive

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

M. Fethullah Gulen

22338

An Extensive Wish in the View of Historical Recurrences

WATERFALLS OF ASSISTANCE AND EFFORT GURGLE IN THE BED OF DIVINEBLESSINGS; THEY PASS OVER OR BYPASS ANY OBSTRUCTION THEY FACE ANDTHEY TRY TO REPRESENT THE MISSION ENDOWED BY DIVINE DESTINY IN DETAILWIT... read more..

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

Osman Cakmak

21155

Atoms And The Foundation Of Matter

IF EVERYTHING AROUND US CONSISTS OF ATOMS, MOST OF WHICH ARE MADE UP OF EMPTINESS, AND IF THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL STRUCTURES THAT COMPOSE OUR BODIES ARE SO FEW, THEN WHAT MAKES MATTER SO SOLID AND DURABLE... read more..

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

Sefik Hikmet Toprak

22161

Issues Raised in the Aftermath of the Cartoon Offense

The offensive editorial cartoons published in a Danish newspaper started a controversy that eventually led to protests all around the world. However strange it may sound, the editors of the paper clai... read more..

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

Fatih Kolbay

24550

The Miraculous Functions of the Human Skin

THE SKIN IS THE PHYSICAL INTERFACE BETWEEN THE CREATURE AND THE WORLD. HENCE IT IS THE LOCATION OF ALL CONTACT, GOOD OR BAD IN KIND. THE QUR’AN DECLARES THAT THE SKIN WILL ALSO TESTIFY WHEN WE ARE CAL... read more..

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

As-safsafi Ahmad Al-qaturi

27573

The Ottomans and Sacred Places in Jerusalem

THE AQSA MOSQUE WAS THE FIRST OF THE TWO QIBLAHS TO WHICH MUSLIMS DIRECTED THEMSELVES IN PRAYER. There are close spiritual relations between the Cave of Hira in Mecca and the Aqsa Mosque, and between... read more..

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

Mustafa Nutku

38201

The Most Terrifying Global Catastrophe

The atmosphere, which completely surrounds our Earth, is an aggregate of different elements. Its composition is 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen; the remaining 1% consists of argon, neon, carbon dioxide an... read more..

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

Fatih Kolbay

22449

Labor Pain

Skyscrapers now stand Where oaks once grew. Power plants displace our cornfields On that lovely land. The breeze roughly sidles and bends Over the purling brooks, And all the mockingbirds hush ... read more..

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

M. Fethullah Gulen

26135

Tawba (Repentance), Inaba (Sincere Penitence), and Awba (Turning to God in Contrition)

I HAVE REPENTED AND TURNED TO GOD SO SINCERELY THAT I WILL NOT BREAK [THE VOW OF REPENTANCE] UNTIL MY SOUL LEAVES MY BODY. ( RUMI) Tawba (repentance) means that one feels regret and, filled with read more..

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

Seth Mette

20389

Eternia

ALTHOUGH THEIR QUALITIES AND ACTIONS ARE UNCERTAIN, WHOEVER COMES TO THIS LAND DEFINITELY LEAVES IT ONE DAY. BY EXERCISING OUR FREE WILL HERE, WE WEAVE OUR DEEDS BETWEEN THE SAME START AND END, I.E. B... read more..

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

Alim Birkiye

19569

Hydrogen Energy

“I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together, will furnish an inexhaustible source of heat and light, of an intensity o... read more..

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

Kathleen St.onge

28922

A Wonder for Mankind

The waves are lapping the hull of Noah’s boat. Far beneath, in stages of darkness, the ocean world lives on through the flood, for the heavy rains only make it grow in richness. It is a sublime world read more..

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

Frank Merchant

18863

Cellular Defenses against Cancer

THE REASON WHY WE ARE PROTECTED FROM DEVELOPING CANCER, EVEN THOUGH OUR DNA IS UNDER NUMEROUS TYPES OF ATTACKS EVERYDAY, IS THAT OUR CELLS ARE EQUIPPED WITH SEVERAL LINES OF DEFENSE AGAINST CANCER FOR... read more..

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

Salih Yucel

23857

The Necessity for Dialogue

“WE HAVE TO FACE THE FACT THAT EITHER ALL OF US ARE GOING TO DIE TOGETHER OR WE ARE GOING TO LEARN TO LIVE TOGETHER AND IF WE ARE TO LIVE TOGETHER THEN WE MUST TALK.” The word “dialogue” derives read more..

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

Bruce C. Williams

52825

The Moon Sighting and the Lunar Calendar

The Islamic calendar is based on lunar months, which begin when a new crescent is sighted in the western sky after sunset within a day or so after the New Moon. Hence, the month is either 29 days or 3... read more..

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

Yasin Ceran

21601

Right or Might?

A Criticism of Materialist Philosophy and Praise for Human Rights "Philosophy considers force to be the point of support in social life, and life as the realization of self-interest (as its goal) and... read more..

01 Jan

Issue 57 (January - March 2007)

Hikmet Isik

20022

Questions and Answers

We know that Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, possessed contrasting merits like courage and compassion. Could you please tell us more about these? In the same way that God’s Messeng... read more..

01 Jan

Issue 58 (April - June 2007)

The Fountain

20680

The End of the World

Are we approaching the end? Will life on Earth as we know it end sooner than we expect? Are we face to face with “an inconvenient truth”? Most religions give place to eschatology in their doctrines. B... read more..