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The Risale-i Nur Prescription for the Spiritual Quest in Europe: Support Workshop for Converts Held at İİKV

Following the increasing inclination toward Islam in Europe day by day, the “Support Education Project for Converts Workshop,” organized to address the Islamic education processes and ensure that newly Muslim individuals (converts) remain Muslim, was hosted by the Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture (İİKV). In the meeting attended by academics, NGO representatives, and experts, strategic decisions were made to enable converts to learn Islam through a methodology centered on the Quran, the Sunnah, and the Risale-i Nur.

İİKV "İttihad-ı İslam" Workshop Concluded: The Future Vision of Civilization Examined

İİKV "İttihad-ı İslam" Workshop Begins: The Future Vision of Civilization is Being Discussed

The "İttihad-ı İslam (Islamic Unity) Workshop" organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture (İİKV) has begun. Within the scope of the workshop, the concepts of education, morality, and affection are being discussed centered around the vision of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi.

İİKV Chairman of the Board of Trustees Said Yüce Met with Minister Ersoy

Said Yüce, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture (İİKV), accompanied by the Director of the Istanbul Civilization Institute, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ünal Akyüz, visited the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, in Istanbul.

Bridge of Knowledge Between Turkey and Colombia: Strategic Cooperation from İİKV and the Islamic Committee of Colombia

ISTANBUL / BOGOTA – The Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture (İİKV) and the Islamic Committee of Colombia (Comité Islámico de Colombia) have signed a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) envisioning cooperation in academic, scientific, and cultural fields. The agreement aims to take education and the exchange of ideas between South America and Turkey to a new level.

Thank You to the Public

40 Youth from Various Countries Gathered at Our Foundation

The Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture (İİKV) hosted a meaningful visit today. The international student delegation from the Intercultural Research and Friendship Foundation (KARVAK) visited İİKV's headquarters located in the Vefa district.

Qurbani is Sharing: Your Entrustments Meet with Service Again This Year

Visit by Our Chairman of the Board of Trustees Said Yüce to the Grand Mufti of Syria, Osama al-Rifai

Preparations for the Islamic Unity Workshop at İİKV

Visit to Prof. Dr. Mehmet Görmez and Invitation to the 13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium

Former President of Religious Affairs Prof. Dr. Mehmet Görmez, who was appointed as the Rector of the International Islamic Science and Technology University, was visited and invited to the 13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium, which will be held on October 4–7, 2026. In addition to the Chairman of our Board of Trustees, Said Yüce, Ünal Akyüz, Bayram Özer, and Mehmet Ali Gündoğdu attended the visit.

İİKV Delegation Visits İhsan Kasım Ağabey

13th Graduate Conference Call for Papers

The Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture celebrates the Night of Qadr and the Eid al-Fitr of all Muslims

We wish you a happy and blessed Ramadan Kareem

Risale-i Nur Study Programme Taught At Jakarta Imam Hatip School

Qur`an and Science

In fact all the knowledge needed by humans is available in the Al Quran as Hudallinnas, although in broad outline the details can be found in the sunnah of Rasulallah

Guidelines for Contemporary Qur’an Education

The aim of this paper is to increase awareness of the 'contemporary' circumstances in Qur'an and Islamic education. There will be references to a prominent scholar from Turkey, Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, and to his works called Risale-i Nur to expand on these circumstances. His devotion to education on the meaning of the Qur'an in the modern times has led to saving many souls from the misguidance and heedlessness. Our prayers is to benefit from these works in the path of providing effective Qur'an education for the future generations of Muslims.

Man and Universes in the Qur’an

The ontology reflected in the Qur’an reveals multi universes as this is observed in many verses that uses the phrase “Rabbu’l-’Âlamîn” (Lord of the universes). This reminds us our relationship to those universes because the word “universe” (‘âlam) is used in plural. It is the purpose of this study to examine such verses in order to understand three issues in the Qur’an: The first is the Qur’an’s ontology as reflected in the phrase “Lord of the universes” and other relevant phrases referring to a certain ontological reality. The second is the cosmology represented by these phrases and similar statements in the Qur’an. The third is the understanding of human beings and their cosmological reality that makes them intimately related to these universes. Besides I would like to examine the same issue as understood by Bediuzzaman Said Nursi, and then try to see how this ontology and anthropological cosmology was analyzed in his works called the Risale-i Nur Collection (Risale-i Nur ).

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi’s Tafseer of the Qur’an

The main goal of the works of Bediüzzaman Said Nursi, who is one of the important thinkers of the 20th century is to enable the people of his age to understand and practice the verses of Quran. In his books, he directly explained six hundred and twenty verses of the Quran and referred to thousands of verses. He examined the verses in the axis of general themes of the Quran, which are resurrection, tawheed (unity of Allah), prophethood and justice. In his books, Nursi focused on “to offer and express the realities of belief in the Quran with strong proofs” Bediüzzaman based his tafseer method on the combination of revelation and universe. The reality of the universe is understood with mana-yı harfi not with mana-yı ismi. Bediuzzaman used all the methods used by his contemporary mufaseers idiosyncratically and in a coherent way so as to serve the understanding and practice of the Qur’an in life. However while he was meeting the expectations of the society and the requirements of the age