Feeding the Body and the Spirit: Rediscovering Ancient Wisdom Through Modern Biology
The careful manager in the cell Hidden inside almost every cell is a small sensor called mTORC1. It…
Tradition
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The 99 Names Project
Fourteen years ago, two dozen people changed, in the blink of an eye, how 300 million people view…
Rocks or Rainbows: Lessons for Interreligious Dialogue
More than two decades ago, as a new professor at a small college, I was assigned a course…
Need For a Bit More Quiet Lament
In the face of so many things happening around us, we have two options: either to ignore them,…
Khawf and Khashya (Fear and Reverence)
In Sufism, khawf (fear) denotes abstaining not only from all that is forbidden, but also from deeds from…
Blue Light, Daytime Sleep and the Prophetic Tradition
Sleep is a blessing from God. Humans spend around one third of their lives sleeping. Sleep is essential…
Learning from Islam
One has only to visit a place such as the Gallipoli Mosque at Auburn and receive the welcome…
The Disconnection between Philosophy and Qur’anic Wisdom
Abstract, rational inquiry does not permit a combination between philosophy and religious wisdom1 and rules that such is…
Rethinking Islamic Philosophy and Theology
There are not many scholars interested in Islamic philosophy and theology in the West. Despite this fact, there…
When Does Human Life Begin?
Life” incites our feeling of awe. We are unable to expound or arrive at a comprehensive interpretation of…
A Neglected Value in The 21st Century: NEIGHBORLINESS
Neighborhood and neighborliness is an important social value that is often neglected in this century. Just as in…
The Imperatives of Marifa the Pitfalls of Modernism
My chief aim was to stress how precious the perspective of ma‘rifa is, not only as the dimension…
Islamic Ethics
In the Islamic tradition, the basis of society or its main cohesive influence is not the power of…
Lamu’s Sacred Meadows
Lamu Lamu is a small island off the coast of Kenya, no larger than ten square miles. It…