In Care for Creation; An Islamic Perspective Prof. İbrahim Özdemir explains, quoting the Holy Qu’ran, the aHadith and some Sufi authors, how Islam is a “genetically environmentalist religion”. Therefore, he invites all members of the international Muslim community (Ummah) to be more mindful about the environment and more active within eco-logical movements. Indeed, the “care for creation” is a crucial duty of every authentic...

Allah Almighty chose the blessed month of Ramadan to surround us with His countless blessings and for us to appreciate His bounties. Ramadan allows worshippers to focus their minds on the devotion to their faith through prayers, expressing gratitude, seeking forgiveness and helping the needy. In this month we have a greater urge and desire to perform good deeds.   “Which of your Lord’s favours will you deny?” Quran...

Jesus in India? The question mark is necessary! The possibility that Jesus lived part of his life in India has been presented and debated for many years. Those in favour of this hypothesis believe Jesus was in India during the ‘Missing Years’, those years not covered in the Bible (ages 12 to 30). Others believe he was in India following the failed attempt to bring about his death by Crucifixion, seeking refuge but also continuing his...

The definitive work on the spiritual Islamic heritage of Spain.       Titus Burckhardt, a German Swiss, was born in Florence in 1908 and died in Lausanne in 1984. He devoted all his life to the study and exposition of the different aspects of Wisdom and Tradition. In the age of modern science and technocracy, Titus Burckhardt was one of the most remarkable of the exponents of universal truth, in the realm of metaphysics as well as...

“Fez, City of Islam”, written by the noted art historian Titus Burckhardt, conveys a profound understanding of the sacred roots that nourish Islamic culture and civilisation. As a young man in the 1930s, Burckhardt spent some years in Morocco where he became acquainted with several remarkable representatives of the spiritual heritage of the Maghrib. Although he committed much of this experience to writing, it was not until the 1950s...

This book contains spiritual techniques taken from letters of Shaykh ad-Darqawi. Almost all these letters are concerned with the method and the operative aspects of the Way and are considered among the most direct instructions given on Sufic method to be found in all Sufi literature.   Titus Burckhardt, a German Swiss, was born in Florence in 1908 and died in Lausanne in 1984. He devoted all his life to the study and exposition of the...

Called the definitive book on Islamic Art by S.H. Nasr, this beautifully illustrated masterpiece published in the U.S. for the first time is presented in a revised, full colour, commemorative edition containing 285 new colour photos and a new Introduction. Burckhardt provides an in-depth analysis of Islamic architecture, from Spain and Morocco to Persia and India and examines Koranic calligraphy and illumination, arabesque, carpets, rugs,...

A colored window onto the lofty intellectual and spiritual climate that conceived the marvel that is Gothic architecture. It features a new appendix with three sections, a Foreword, and 25 fresh illustrations.     Titus Burckhardt, a German Swiss, was born in Florence in 1908 and died in Lausanne in 1984. He devoted all his life to the study and exposition of the different aspects of Wisdom and Tradition. In the age of modern science...