‘Allamah Iqbal’s (b. 1877 d. 1938) and Fethullah Gülen’s (b.1938) ideas about democracy in the Islamic context are very similar. ‘Allamah Iqbal had indeed made a proposal of spiritual democracy to the...
On November 12th and 13th, 2005 during a two-day international symposium at Rice University in Houston, Texas, I personally witnessed a Turkish Muslim intellectual’s contributions to the welfare of hu...
With ancient heritage, sprawling land, and fascinating people, Turkey is literally at the crossroads of East and West. Sitting astride the Bosporus, Turkey bridges Asia and Europe. Modern Turkey is no...
(The author can be contacted at Mkawan@aol.com ) There are of course many key issues that come to one’s mind as one thinks about the survival and well being of Pakistan: the real purpose of Pakistan’s...