Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture of Turkey and Risale- Nur Research Center of London will be at the Muslim Education Fair 2013, on the dates of 18-19 May (Saturday and Sunday), 2013. All are invited to our stands… In these stands, information on the Risale-i Nur Collection, and academic studies on Nursi and Risale-i Nur will be provided. ALL ARE INVITED…
Istanbul (June 8-10, 2013)
Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture, every year since 2009, organizes a conference for the graduate students around the world, who are studying and doing MA and PhD on Said Nursi and his magnum opus, Risale-i Nur (Epistles of Light) or trying to examine his/her research topic with reference to the thought and teachings of Said Nursi. The conference aims to become a medium for collaboration and exchanges of ideas among students and scholars.
Prominent scholars in Nursi studies such as Dr. Syed Farid Alatas from the National University of Singapore, Dr. Bilal Kuşpınar from Necmeddin Erbakan University in Turkey, Dr. Ian Markham from Virginia Theological Seminary in the USA, Dr. Colin Turner from Durham University in the UK and Ahmet Yıldız from GNAT Research Service in Turkey will give lectures on Nursi’s ideas in order to offer academic guidance to students who are doing research in the field of Nursi Studies, the Risale-i Nur.
The conference will last for three days and it will have two parts every day: in the morning, prominent scholars will give lectures and in the afternoon, six students will present papers about their thesis.
A committee will select maximum 30 students who will participate in the event and 16 students among them will present their papers on their thesis.
Only graduate students who are doing MA and PhD on Nursi or students whose dissertations contain a chapter on Nursi can apply.
The conference language is English and all presentations should be in English.
Funding is available for participants to help supplement travel and accommodation expenses.
Besides the scientific program the foundation will offer social events like welcome reception, guest dinner and city tour. The students will find the opportunity to see Istanbul and Anatolia and see/experience of Nur community, and will have time to share experiences with other students who are in the field.
If you are interested in this conference and your Master/PhD thesis is on Nursi Studies, The Foundation is ready to host you in Istanbul, June 7-10, 2013.
Students must apply via online submission provided in this website complete an online application form. Also, they must attach a document which shows their thesis subjects have accepted by their institutes.
Submissions will be closed at 1st of April 2013.
Contact e-mail is: hakangulerce@iikv.org
Acceptance notices will be sent by early 10th May 2013.
Al-Azhar University of Egypt and Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture of Turkey will jointly organize an international conference, titled “Muslim Unity in the Light of Thoughts of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi” on February 26-27, 2013. The Opening Ceremony will be held in the Al-Azhar University Main Congress Hall at 10.00 pm on February 26 and then scientific sessions will be held in two different rooms during two days. Continue reading
Conference Programme, Please Click Here (Pdf File)
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“Nursi: A Messenger of Peace and Harmony”
4th-5thof February, 2013- CALL FOR PAPERS
I. Scope and Objectives
We are pleased to inform you that All India Arabic Teachers Association &Department of Arabic , Osmania University, Hyderabad, India is organizing a two day international conference on the theme: “Nursi: A Messenger of Peace and Harmony” on 4th-5thof February, 2013 in collaboration with the Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture, Turkey. Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s (The author of Risale-i- Nur Collection) contribution in shaping contemporary Turkey is phenomenal. His message of peace and harmony is
not only significant for Turkey and Muslim societies but is also relevant for all societies around the world.
The Risale-i Nur, a contemporary commentary on the Qur’an’s message by a famous Muslim theologian and thinker Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, offers many solutions to these problems. Its method is based on acquiring true knowledge and pointing out its corrected uses; that is, as a means of attaining to “belief by investigation,” and on constructing an ethical understanding proceeding from these principles. At the conference, which is being
organized this year with the above objectives in mind, academics, specialists and writers of all persuasions from all over the world will research the contribution of the Risale-i Nur to the peace, prosperity, and happiness of the Islamic world in particular and humanity in general, and will present papers on the given theme. Continue reading
Dear Scientists,
“International Symposium on Hutbe-İ Şamiye, “The Muslim World and Global Peace” will be organized by Mardin Artuklu University, İstanbul Foundation for Science and Culture, Risale Academy and Akademic Researchs Foundation between 12 to 14 April 2013 dates.
Said Nursi (1876-1960), in a long speech, he made in Arabic Language in the Umayyad Mosque, Damascus in the spring of 1911, talks about six fundemental problems of the muslim world and he proposes the Hutbe-i Şamiye as a remedy from the “pharmacy of the Quran” by his own terms. He cites the barriers before the material and spiritual progress, which will make a base, for the unity of muslim world. He also explains how to overcome those barriers. When examined carefully, it is possible to say that those hypotheses and portraits, which were revealed at a hard and dark time that almost all the muslim world were colonized and the Ottoman State was at the threshold of collapsing, on hopeful-promising topics, are still valid today. Continue reading
New Delhi, Feb 6
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi was one of the greatest thinkers of the first half of the 20th century not only of Turkey but of the Muslim World. His Risale-i Nur is a uniquecommentary on the Holy Quran which has touched the lives of many people across the World – both Muslims and Non-Muslims alike. This was expressed by the Union Minister of Minority Affairs, Mr K Rehman Khan as he addressed a large gathering of eminent scholars and students at the inaugural ceremony of a three day international conference on ‘Islam in Modernity: The Perspective of Said Nursi’s Risale-i Nur in Jamia Millia Islamia.
THEME
Science and Culture as Key Dimensions of Civilisational Renewal:
“The Thoughts of Said Nursi” Continue reading
THE ROLE AND PLACE OF PROPHETHOOD IN HUMANITY’S JOURNEY TO THE TRUTH: THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE RISALE-I NUR
PURPOSE
The human beings are created in the best form and are gifted with extraordinary potential. They yearn for many different things, explore many directions and have passion for many goals. They also have been gifted with capacity of intellect to distinguish right from wrong. To the extent that human beings misuse their capacities, and lose balance, injustice and tyranny result in the world. While human beings essentially yearn for truth, justice and peace, they are also capable of incredible wrongs and injustices, when they follow their egoistic inclinations. The wars, anarchy and injustices that humans have inflicted on each other throughout history are a witness to the gravity of consequences when human potential is misused. Continue reading
By Prof Alparslan Acikgenc of Yildiz Technical University
29th October 2012 , 5:15pm
Senate Room, Durham Castle Continue reading
Three international conferences will be held in Malaysia and Indonesia by different universities collobaration with Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture. The title and dates of the conferences are below and will be updated with more information soon.
- 6th December 2012, Raden Fatah State Islamic Institute for Islamic Studies,
International Conference, “THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN THE ISLAMIC CIVILIZATIONAL RENEWAL : SAID NURSI’PERSPECTIVE”
- 8th Deecember 2012, State Islamic University of Bandung, Indonesia, International Conference, “The Risale-i Nur and Said Nursi“.
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Theodicy and Justice in Modern Islamic Thought, The Case of Said Nursi
An Introduction to Said Nursi, Life, Thought and Writings
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