Literature and National Security: The Almajeri Education in Nigeria
Introduction In his The Death of Criticism, Terry Eagleton spoke of the rude shock a clerk in his…
Knowledge
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Ma’rifa (Spiritual Knowledge of God)
Ma‘rifa literally denotes skill or talent, a special ability that belongs to certain people, and knowing by certain…
How Many Tsunamis May I Survive?
Postmodernism includes theories that recognize and aim to create diversity. This creates the following dilemma: to what an…
Science
Today, scientific developments have reached unparalleled speed and level as we stumble upon a new surprising invention or…
Religious Inspirations and Scientific Inventions
What exactly is it that inspires us, say, to write a beautiful poem or an article, or the…
Yaqin (Certainty)
Yaqin (certainty) means having no doubt about the truth of a matter and arriving at accurate, doubt-free knowledge…
Rumi: Faith, Knowledge, Reason, and Love
During a trip to Turkey in the summer of 2009, I had an opportunity to visit the tomb…
Quest to Solve the Mystery of Life
The quest to solve the mystery of life seems to be continuing. Where did we come from? What’s…
The Prophet Muhammad’s Illiteracy
Question: Was the Prophet illiterate throughout his life? Or did he-the one for whom veils were lifted with…
Humanity: Our Unique Dimensions
“I am a lowly creature” you say O man Only if you knew…” M. Akif The human is…
An Ardent Prayer
The Almighty Creator is He whose existence is the origin of all existence, whose might is the source…
The Islamic Propensity for Science
The naive view of religion and science sees them in direct opposition to one another, and given the…
Effective Use of Education as a Tool to Shape Attitudes: the Australian Experience
We often think of education in the context of a classroom environment, where one teaches and the others…
Haya (Modesty)
Sufis use haya, which literally means shame, bashfulness, and refraining from saying or doing anything improper or indecent,…
Kant on Causality: A Critical Approach
Immanuel Kant shaped modern philosophy enormously and determined its way towards today. There are two main strands in…