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Conference "On Muslims and Democracy" held in Ankara

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Palestine and Israel: Levi Meir Clancy, Unsplash, Unsplash License
Palestine and Israel: Nicolas Jehly, Unsplash, Unsplash License
The world and the Islamic world: Hao Wu, Unsplash, Unsplash License
The world and the Islamic world: Youssef Ragab, Unsplash, Unsplash License
The world and the Islamic world: David Rodrigo, Unsplash, Unsplash License
Thought and sociology: Ahmet Yüksek, Unsplash, Unsplash License
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Gaza is not struggling to survive only on its own behalf; it is waging a struggle for dignity on behalf of all humanity.

Yasin Aktay · A testimony from Bingöl to Gaza

Ultimately, parliament, the heart of the republic and of democracy, was not established in Turkey together with the Republic; it is an institution that existed much earlier.

Yasin Aktay · Was parliament established in Turkey for the first time on 23 April?

In the language of war, it is "civilian losses"; in human language, it is the systematic annihilation of defenseless lives.

Yasin Aktay · The ceasefire has a name, yet it keeps burning Gaza

Undoubtedly, throughout history the Islamic world has encountered very different civilizations, cultures and societies, and just as it gave them much, it has also taken much from them.

Yasin Aktay · D. Mehmet Doğan and "The Betrayal of Westernization"

Every day on which it is not known what has happened to a mother, a father or a child, the oppression in a sense continues.

Yasin Aktay · Dr. Rania al-Abbasi, her husband and their six children

Throughout history humanity has moved back and forth between piety and worldliness.

Yasin Aktay · Does a Qur'an translation lead a person astray?

Islam condemns people's boasting of superiority over one another on account of characteristics they were born with, that is, to which they contributed nothing.

Yasin Aktay · Muslims have their own solutions to racism; they see racism not as a right but as a deviation

Social engineering aims at one thing, but the projects actually carried out produce other and unwanted results.

Yasin Aktay · History repeats itself for the United States, which draws no lessons

God sent us the Qur'an not as a completed book between two covers, but as a book lived and interpreted within the life of a prophet and his companions.

Yasin Aktay · Prayers and peace upon the Prophet

Even if states can do nothing, the peoples and consciences of the world cannot accept what is happening and want to do something.

Yasin Aktay · Rising anger and the Global Sumud Flotilla

Contrary to what is thought, economic difficulties do not reduce fertility; on the contrary, the groups whose fertility is declining are those whose level of welfare has risen even higher.

Yasin Aktay · Muslim men and Muslim women: old and new questions

Artificial intelligence cannot simply be seen as a new technology; it is a historical rupture that changes the way knowledge is produced.

Yasin Aktay · Many signs have appeared that call for rethinking the university

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