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Rumi was no suicide bomber
Rumi was no suicide bomber
By: Irfan Yusuf on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Opinion

I am Australian. My parents are from Delhi. My ancestry is Mughal. I am basically a Turko-Mongol. Or a Mongolian Turk. Depends on my mood. My ancestors were not nice people. In fact, they were pret...

Reflections on the Coptic Question
Reflections on the Coptic Question
By: Tarek Heggy on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Essays

My special interest in the Coptic question, which is known to many people, led me to conduct an in-depth study of the  history of Christianity in Egypt in an attempt to acquaint myself with the s...

Two Misconceptions Concerning Egyptians
Two Misconceptions Concerning Egyptians
By: Tarek Heggy on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Social Sciences

Two properties falsely, and unfairly, attributed to Egypt and Egyptians by ordinary people and by experts, by foreigners and  by the Egyptians themselves have been repeated so often that they hav...

Islam between Copying and Thinking
Islam between Copying and Thinking
By: Tarek Heggy on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Philosophy and Religion

In the years between 1967 and 1973, when I was studying towards a degree in law and a Masters in general and comparative law, I acquired a rudimentary knowledge of the principles of Islamic jurisprude...

نظرات في سلبية الشـعوب
نظرات في سلبية الشـعوب
By: Tarek Heggy on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Social Sciences

السلبية كجزء من ثقافة الفقر  هناك منظومتان لأثرِ الفقرِ على الشعوبِ ، منظومة توّلد التذمر والرفض والتعبير عن ذلك بشكلٍ ظاهرٍ ، ومنظومة توّلد "الرضا بما قسم القضا" – وهناك أسباب...

An Anatomy of People's Apathy
An Anatomy of People's Apathy
By: Tarek Heggy on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Social Sciences

The pattern of behaviour displayed by the victims of poverty differs from one culture to another. In some cultures, it takes the form of a defiant refusal to succumb to the grip of poverty and an open...

! وجهان سيئان للعملة ذاتها
! وجهان سيئان للعملة ذاتها
By: Ragab Saad on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Essays

" إذا أردت أن تسعد الآخرين، فاشفق بهم؛ وإن أردت أن تسعد نفسك، فاشفق عليهــا ! ". - الدالاي لامــا الرابع عشر - يعيش معنا في العالم، الآن، حوالي 780 مليون إنسان، في مسغبة؛ بينهم أربعون...

إعجاز قرآنى علمى أم مجرد ملاحظات ساذجة
إعجاز قرآنى علمى أم مجرد ملاحظات ساذجة
By: Ibrahim Awad on: Saturday 5 August 2006 - Genre: Philosophy and Religion

كنتُ أَعِسّ (بتعبير ابنى) فى أرجاء المشباك منذ أيام فإذا بى أجد نفسى فى أحد المواقع وجهًا لوجهٍ أمام معجمٍ فرنسىٍّ عنوانه: "Dictionnaire des religions et des mouvements philosophiques associ&eac...

Johannes Kepler Tracing the source of his wisdom to 3000 B.C
Johannes Kepler Tracing the source of his wisdom to 3000 B.C
By: James Bowles on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Science

Johannes Kepler, 1571-1630, German astronomer, professor of mathematics at Graz (1593-98) and assistant to Tycho Brahe, court mathematician to Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II - formulated three Laws of p...

Artist Suzanne Klotz's Indispensable Guide to the Holy Land
Artist Suzanne Klotz's Indispensable Guide to the Holy Land
By: Editor on: Wednesday 15 November 2017 - Genre: Book Reviews

"99 Names" by Suzanne Klotz Mulham Assir Suzanne Klotz is the creator of Thy Kingdom Come: Pocket Guide to the Holy Land, a vividly coloured book of captioned drawings that portray Isr...

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