The Rise of Visual Information
Interpreting many events into visual information has become the dominant way of perceiving and learning in many fields:…
Issue 42 (April - June 2003)
16 articles
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…
The Building Blocks of Life
The biological structure of living beings is based on chemical compounds formed by carbon elements bounding to other…
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…
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…
The New Aspect of the Matter and Energy
In the early 1930s, when scientists began to penetrate the very small, they thought that they had found…
Where is Hollywood Heading?
American movies dominate the global film industry. Almost everyone is exposed to these Hollywood clips and movies to…
Carpe Diem
Anyone who has ever seen the movie Dead Poets Society will remember the scene on the first day…
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…
The Twelfth Word
This Word presents a brief comparison between the Qur’an’s sacred wisdom and human philosophy, a concise summary of…
Modern Science’s Debt to Islamic Civilization
Introduction The debt that Briffault speaks of is often referred to as though it should be taken for…
The Shape of the Universe
The Shape of the Earth Ancient people, considering it very important to determine Earth’shape, derived two important clues…