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The Fountain Essay Contest 2025
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In Memoriam M. Fethullah Gülen
Fethullah Gülen, the beloved teacher, author, and poet, passed away on October 20, 2024.
His articles, each a fruit of honest faith, deep thought, poetic refinement, and, yes, suffering, have shaped…
In Memoriam of M. Fethullah Gülen
Fethullah Gülen, the beloved teacher, author, and poet, passed away on October 20, 2024.
His articles, each a fruit of honest faith, deep thought, poetic refinement, and, yes, suffering, have shaped…
2024 Essay Contest Winners
...And the winners are:
1st Place
“Home Is Tucked Under the Smiling Sunflower Seeds” by Azra Ozturk
2nd Place
“Home Is Kobayashi Issa’s Cherry Blossoms” by Moon Taha Teen Nikita
3rd Place
“How…
2024 Essay Contest Top Ten
Let's up the excitement a bit higher! Here is the Top Ten. Award winners will be announced very soon!!
“My Home, My Stability” by Michaela Harhajova
“A Mosquito Meets a Memory” by Maggie Whelan-C…
2024 Essay Contest Shortlist
Countdown to the winners is around the corner! Here is the shortlist for Essay Contest 2024. We congratulate all the participants. Winners will be announced very soon. Please follow our announcements…
Religion
Jihad in Islam and Christianity
Politicians and anti-Muslim activists frequently take to audiences and websites to criticize the term jihad as a form of Islamic supremacism, oppression, and violence. Muslim extremists, on the other…
Istanbul: Conversations on Life, Knowledge, and Belief
November 4-10, 2013 / Istanbul, Turkey
The Fountain organized a three-day conference in Istanbul featuring scholars and academics from diverse disciplines to convene and discuss some philosophical t…
Istanbul: Poverty and Wealth in the Sacred Texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Sacred Texts and Human Contexts: Poverty and Wealth in the Sacred Texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam Fatih University, Istanbul June 9 and 10, 2014
The human condition is one with many challe…
Parents: The First Teachers in the School of Humanity
It is very interesting to note the importance that God places on children respecting and honoring parents. The fifth through the tenth commandments in the Ten Commandments deal with man's relationshi…
Christianity in the Qur'anic Perspective
Based upon what was mentioned in part 1 of this article, I will now discuss how the Qur'an views Jesus, a major figure in both religions. The paper concludes with the suggestion that the many paralle…