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My life-story before and after the Risale-i Nur
Can you give your life-story before you started reading the Risale-i Nur and then explain how it changed your life? When I look at my childhood and early youth and compare it to that of my brothers and sisters and indeed thousands of others, there is not any particular event or cause that would lead one to suppose that God Almighty in His wisdom was going to favour me later oh by leading me to embrace His religion of Islam rather than them. I was the fifth of six children, and the early childhood of us younger children in particular was free and easy and untroubled. We had a large garden, where we spent a lot of time, and we lived close to the sea. Both my father's and mother's families were old Catholic families and we were brought up very much with an awareness of that tradition.
The image Europeans have of Islam
What image do Europeans have of Islam and what are the reasons for it? How then should Islam be presented to Europeans? It is a sad fact but the prevailing image that Europeans have of Islam is as 'the religion of the sword.' It is an image that was conjured up during the crusades in the Middle Ages and has been carefuly nurtured ever since both by church and by state. This prejudice, on the part of ordinary people, together with vague notions of harems and veiled women, stem from a general and profound ignorance of Islam.
The image Europeans have of Islam
What image do Europeans have of Islam and what are the reasons for it? How then should Islam be presented to Europeans? It is a sad fact but the prevailing image that Europeans have of Islam is as 'the religion of the sword.' It is an image that was conjured up during the crusades in the Middle Ages and has been carefuly nurtured ever since both by church and by state. This prejudice, on the part of ordinary people, together with vague notions of harems and veiled women, stem from a general and profound ignorance of Islam.
Western civilization, Christianity, and Islam
What is the nature of Western civilization and what is the position of Christianity within that civilization? What conclusions can be drawn from an analysis of them; is there any way that Christianity might draw closer to Islam?
Women in the West and in Qur'anic civilization
Women's liberation is a much discussed subject, can you compare the attitudes of materialist Western civilization and Qur'anic civilization towards women and demonstrate where true freedom for women lies?