How To Make Our Children Love Reading
When reading is mentioned, we usually talk about the reading habit of adults, and ignore that of our…
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Toward Tomorrow
The Islamic world continues to squirm in the vicious grasp of error, unable to turn to its own…
Divine Truth and Lessons in Paul and Virginia
The French author, Bernardin De Saint Pierre expressed the delicacy and beauty of nature, as well as showing…
Social Capital: An Important Power Resource For National Progress
Each nation or community has the desire and potential to establish a civilization on its own land, one…
Editorial (Issue 43)
The desire to play God remains as strong as ever. We still see depictions of those who believe…
Time To Pray
We use prayer to turn to the Eternally Merciful God, present ourselves to Him, and ask Him to…
Six Degrees of Separation or Small World
Introduction In his Models of My Life, social scientist Herbert Simon stated that science’s purpose is to find…
Where is Hollywood Heading?
American movies dominate the global film industry. Almost everyone is exposed to these Hollywood clips and movies to…
Prophets as Teachers
Prophets are the spiritual teachers of humanity. As the people selected by God to deliver His message to…
Reconsidering Islamic Pluralism in the Contemporary World (1)
The subject of religious pluralism can provoke a great deal of controversy. One could consider all religious knowledge…
For Whom Is the Medieval Era Dark?
In elementary school, we learned about various eras: Prehistoric, Antiquity, Medieval, the Renaissance, and Modernity. But we were…
How does the Qur’an regard “knowledge”?
Q:What are the differences between the Islamic and the modern scientific points of view on knowledge (ilm)? How…
Interfaith Dialog and Peacebuilding
David R. Smock (Editor). Interfaith Dialogue and Peacebuilding.(United States Institute of Peace Press: 2002)150 pages, ISBN 1-929223-35-8. In…
Two Muslims Discussing Democracy
The following is a conversation between two Muslims, Jamal, a democrat, and Jalal, who has suspicions about democracy.…
Christianity in the Qur’anic Perspective
Based upon what was mentioned in part 1 of this article, I will now discuss how the Qur’an…