A Turkish Humorist And Sage: Nasr Al-Din Khodja
Nasr al-Din Khodja is one of the most famous philosophers of humour in world history. His anecdotes, told…
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The Qur’an And Established Scientific Facts
It is another argument for the Divine authorship of the Qur’an that it refers to certain facts of…
Catastrophes Of The Earth
It seems that almost everyday the media brings us news of a disaster and resultant death toll. These…
The Quranic Consept of History and Western Philosphies of History
I wonder whether it is a scepticism to see a political purpose behind some philosophies produced in the…
Transfer of technology from the Islamic world to the West
INTRODUCTION Technology is the tool of civilization, and for Islamic civilization to have been such a leading force…
Al-Andalus: The Lost Civilization
How many people now know who Ibn Hazm, Al-Mu’tamid, Ibn Tufayl, Abu Ishaq al-Butruji were, or even where…
The Good, and the bad and ugly: Western Cinema Images
The image (rather than the word) has come into power as a result of technological possibilities not available…
Travel writers and their oriental women
After the period of the Crusades, a more direct and close encounter took place in the 19th century…
Western presentation of the Ottoman Turks
The Turks have never been detached, in Western imagination, from other Islamic nations of the Middle East even…