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<title>Universality of Diversity</title>		
<author> The Fountain</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/universality-of-diversity-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[One good thing about having a smart phone is that they have this fascinating application that locates where you take pictures on the world map. My map is dotted with locations I have recently visited in the Far East, South-East Asia, Asia Minor, Europe, and the US. Well, yes, I have been traveling a lot lately, and not all editors of English language magazines are eligible to do this. However, if you are publishing Fethullah Gülen, then your suitcase must be ready at all times for a trip to a country you normally would have made no plans to go. 

My most recent visits were to Pak]]></description>
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<title>What It Means to Be Human</title>		
<author>M. Fethullah Gulen</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/what-it-means-t-be-human-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[My friend, shut the doors of your feelings, thoughts, and heart against every kind of evil as long as you exist. Always seek the best, the most beautiful, and the most right as prescribed by the Most Truthful. Brush away all of the grudges, hatred, and egoism with the back of your hand and open your bosom to love, humanity, and benevolence. Run to the help of those who cry for help, and alleviate the pains and sufferings of those who lament. 

Dedicate yourself to fight against the darkness that enshrouds the world, and enlighten the dark spots with torches of science and wisdom.]]></description>
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<title>Food Safety and Preventing Food Terrorism</title>		
<author>Hayriye  Cetin Karaca </author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/food-safety-and-preventing-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Foodborne illnesses are more common than we realize. There are approximately 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths every year due to naturally occurring foodborne illnesses in the United States (CDC 2007). When we consider the fact that many people do not visit a doctor until the situation goes worse and wait for symptoms to disappear, these figures do not reflect the entire picture. The World Health Organization (WHO) identifies foodborne disease outbreaks and incidents as a major global public health threat in the twenty-first century, and such diseases include tho]]></description>
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<title>Poor Memory and Its Causes</title>		
<author>Hakan Coruh</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/poor-memory-and-its-causes-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Memory is one of the purposes of the brain, and it is described as the ability to protect acquired information consciously and connect it with the past (Mayda, 2010). Having a good memory is a crucial ability in everyone's life. We all know of individuals and scholars who have strong memory, so remarkable that they have never forgotten any information they learned in the past. Simonides of Ceos who lived 5th century BC was able to keep in his memory thousands of poems.  Cicero was known for his ability to remember names. Zayd bin Thabit, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, ]]></description>
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<title>Abdyl</title>		
<author>Mirkena Ozer</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/abdyl-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[His name was Abdyl.  Everybody I knew called him Dyli. The only other Dyli in our small town worked as a porter, who rode his horse-led carriage in dirty clothes and an unshaved face. On the other hand Abdyl was an elegant teacher, his clothes pressed and spotless, and his face always shaved. We, his students, called him Presor Dyli. Presor was a shortened version of professor. He taught literature to seventh graders.

People spoke of him mockingly. They said he behaved strangely, obeyed his wife to the letter.  He didn't hang out with other men after work in the coffee shop.  He]]></description>
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<title>Is the World Turning for Nothing?</title>		
<author>Cendel Tuna</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/is-the-world-turning-for-nothing-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[In old times, ships that set out for long journeys could not reach their exact destination in spite of keeping a steady course. It was because the captains who did their best to reach the correct destination, were making a then-unknown mistake in their calculations. Imagine two men sitting on a rotating platform and facing one another. If one of them rolls the ball towards his friend, an observer from outside sees the ball roll along a straight line. However, the man sitting on the rotating platform toward whom the ball was rolled sees the ball follow a curved line and go in a different direct]]></description>
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<title>Gifted Education: A Dilemma</title>		
<author>Zekeriya Ozsoy</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/gifted-education-a-dilemma-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The education of gifted individuals has long been ignored, for several reasons. Some have argued that gifted individuals are already faring well even without receiving specialized services.  While others have objected to the idea of differentiated education, citing egalitarian concerns. Interestingly, the underlying motive of the first ever intelligence test, Binet-Simon, was to classify students according to their levels of intelligence. In this way, the students could be tracked in different classes in order to receive education at their own level and pace. The prevalence of such tests, whic]]></description>
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<title>Love in Sufi Poetry</title>		
<author>Matthew Kelly</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/love-in-sufi-poetry-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[The enduring resonance of the poetry of thirteenth-century Islamic poet, Mevlana Jalal al-Din Rumi, extends across cultures and through the centuries of time. Perhaps, the popularity of Rumi could be attributed to the profusion of descriptions of love in his poetry, for as Rumi, himself, remarked, "One can discuss it forever and never exhaust it."  Love has a very important meaning in Islam, and for Rumi and other practitioners of the Sufi tradition, "Love totally dominates and determines the Sufi's inward and psychological states."   How do Sufis understand love? How does their poetry reflect]]></description>
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<title>Everything Has a Sacred Quality</title>		
<author>Mustafa Tabanli</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/everything-has-a-sacred-quality-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Heidi Hadsell, Ph.D., is President of Hartford Seminary and Professor of Social Ethics. She has a deep commitment to interfaith dialogue and engagement, believing that in today's religiously plural world, it is essential to understand and work with religions beyond one's own. She has published on a variety of subjects, including ecumenism, environmental ethics, religion in Brazil, and ethics in a religiously plural world. She is co-editor of "Changing the Way Seminaries Teach: Pedagogies for Interfaith Dialogue" and of "Beyond Idealism," which includes her article on "Ecumenical Social Ethics ]]></description>
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<title>Irada, Murid, and Murad (Will, the Willing One, and the Willed One)</title>		
<author>M. Fethullah Gulen</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/irada-murid-and-murad-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Irada (will) is the mental power by which a person can direct his or her thoughts and actions and makes a choice between alternatives. Will has been defined by those living a spiritual life as overcoming carnal desires, resisting animal appetites, and always preferring, in complete submission to His Will, God's will and pleasure over one's own. A willing disciple (murid) never relies on his or her own power, and is absolutely submitted to the Will of the All-Powerful, Who holds all of creation in His Grasp. As for the one willed (murad), he or she overflows with love of God and never considers]]></description>
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<title>Captain Bell's Rescue</title>		
<author>Ha-Thanh Nguyen</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/captain-bells-rescue-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA["Captain Bell, there's something burning in the distance...take a look."  "Lieutenant, they're stranded Vietnamese boat people and there are some dead bodies in the water around them."  "Captain, we've been given strict orders not to pick em' up- you know we're supposed to only give them food and water but we can't pick em' up."  "For God's sake lieutenant, orders are orders but I see what looks like a few dead bodies around their boat- the rest of 'em are gonna die out there if we don't pick em' up.  My orders, haul em' in or we're gonna be left with a lot of blood on our hands!"       ]]></description>
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<title>Beauty in the Sky</title>		
<author>Sermed Ogretim</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/beauty-in-the-sky-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[It was a shiny, blue sky when I heard the sound that cut through my head, and nailed me in place. I looked at where it was coming from, but I could not see anything. No matter how much I tried to follow it, it constantly escaped my look, as if hiding from me. My gaze was frozen looking at the direction I last heard it. 

Not long after, I saw a minuscule thing coming to me from that direction; I thought it was a bird of some kind. Strange enough, the bird came to me so abruptly that I heard its sound only after it passed me... Guess what? It was not a bird; it was a fighter jet. ]]></description>
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<title>The Golden Ones</title>		
<author>M. Fethullah Gulen</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/the-golden-ones-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Overflowing with eternal inspirations
In company of al Khadr, plunging into secrets

Brilliant young people with countenances of gold
Surrounded by descending sparkling lights

Enraptured with the heavenly potion imbibed
With eyes revealing the secret attained
 
Their stormy vigor never exhausted
With hearts of steel, never afraid or shrinking
 
The entire world knows them, lauding their lands and towns
conquering charm mysteriously marks their faces
 
Equivalent to a genius, each brilliant]]></description>
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<title>The Suitability of Food to the Digestion System</title>		
<author>Muhammed Emin</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/the-suitability-of-foof-to-the-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Nourishment lies at the center of the lives of animate creatures. The continuation of life is bound to sustenance and then the healthy functioning of digestion organs that turn food into a usable state for living creatures. Different foods like grass, meat and grains each require particular enzymes and mechanisms for digestion. The suitability of food that organisms eat to their digestion systems indicates the existence of a comprehensive knowledge that makes these two apparently irrelevant entities relate to one another. Beginning with food being taken into the mouth, the digestive process tr]]></description>
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<title>Faith, Worship, and Social Responsibility: The Ideal Person in the Qur'an</title>		
<author>Halim Calis</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/faith-worship-and-social-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[As with other sacred texts, one of the most important subjects regarding the Qur'an concerns its interpretation or tafsir. As a matter of fact, its language and communicative style require interpretation even for legalistic verses. The fact that the Qur'an is the absolute authority for the Islamic faith increases the importance of its interpretation. Beginning from the early centuries, Muslims developed interpretation methods such as recording the circumstances or historical context of the revelation-known as asbab al-nuzul. Whereas for early scholars, the asbab al-nuzul comprised the most imp]]></description>
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<title>Perfection in the Physique of Birds</title>		
<author>Muhammet Mertek</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/perfection-in-the-physique-of-birds-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[With bodies heavy for flying and light for diving into the water, birds push the limits of their physique. Let's take a close look at the artistry displayed in birds, which amaze thinking people with their wonderful flying techniques.

 Able to dive into the water at a speed approaching 90 km, the kingfisher can grab its prey at this speed in a depth of 60 cm, instantly pivot back and then, using its wings as oars, surface above the water. In order not to lose its prey, the bird's precisely timed diving and surfacing takes place in three seconds.

A torpedo as li]]></description>
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<title>Will You Hold My Hand Please?</title>		
<author>Hasan Cucuk</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/will-you-hold-my-hand-please-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Anne-Mette Harder is a Danish Nurse. There is one important thing which makes her different from her other colleagues: she keeps company with the old people who are waiting to die. Most of the old people waiting for their death at the hospitals in Denmark wish to be at home during their final hours. However, this wish is usually not fulfilled since they have no one to look after them. Anne-Mette Harder, who lost her mother after a long period of disease, realized this potential in the country and established a private health company with ten more nurses in the team. They keep company with the ]]></description>
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<title>Did al-Ghazali Kill the Science in Islam?</title>		
<author>Nuh Aydin</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/did-al-ghazali-kill-the-science-in-islam-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[It is a widespread belief among orientalists that one of the major factors, if not the single most important reason, for the decline of science in the Islamic world after its golden age is al-Ghazali's (1058-1111) attack on philosophers that was culminated in his famous book  Tahafut al-Falasifah (The Incoherence of Philosophers).  Critics of al-Ghazali argue that he challenged philosophers on the grounds that the philosophers could not lay down rational explanations for metaphysical arguments. And this challenge, in a way, stopped critical thinking in the Islamic world.

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<title>The Means of Detecting Potential Errors and Sins</title>		
<author>Hikmet Isik</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/means-of-detecting-potential-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Question: If a person's self recognition of errors or sins is the first step to the path of perfection, how do you advise us to actually detect these mistakes?

All the errors, offences and sins committed by humans vary greatly in nature, form, and severity. A majority of these mistakes and sins have been portrayed and clearly defined within the disciplinary guidelines revealed in both the Divine revelation and in the Prophetic traditions, therefore referring to them is usually sufficient for a person to recognize prohibitions, mistakes, offences and sins. One may think, for inst]]></description>
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<title>Early exposure to microbes shows benefit that is life long</title>		
<author> The Fountain</author>    
<link>http://www.fountainmagazine.com/Issue/detailkindle/early-exposure-to-microbos-may-june-2012</link>
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<description><![CDATA[1- Early exposure to microbes shows benefit that is life long
Original article: Olzsak T. et al, Science (2012, epub ahead of print)
It has been known by epidemiologists that people who grew up in farms are less likely to acquire immune diseases such as asthma, allergies, inflammatory bowel disease and multiple sclerosis when compared to people living in cities. Such observations have been the roots of  "hygiene hypothesis," which essentially points out the beneficial effects of being exposed to infectious agents. Supporting this theory, a recent study at Harvard Medical S]]></description>
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