For more than six hundred years, from 1300 until 1922, the Ottoman Empire ruled over a religiously diverse population. For the duration of its entire existence the state exhibited exceptional tolerance and permissiveness regarding religious freedom…
“Quick, the cord’s wrapped around her neck. Twice!”
I remember my numb feet in the stirrups. I remember the nurses on either side of me. I remember seeing my baby’s little purple head in the mirror, cone-shaped and strange. The doctor’s hand whirre…
“Black cumin is healing for all diseases except death.” Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
Studies on the positive effects of black cumin have a long history. Even a simple list of the titles of these studies would take many pages. The research in the fie…
Your correspondent was musing just the other day. Enter one’s wife.
“Are you thinking, dear?” she asked. “I am reflecting, receiving,” I replied. “What about, then?” she asked anew. “Atheists,” I replied, succinctly. “Oh, Lord, must you?” she exp…
