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72 recordings found
Session 1
Education in the Language of Tawhid: Values and Models for Reading the Book of the Universe
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Session 3
New Trends in Modern Education: Cosmic Literacy and Models Based on Fitrah
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Session 4
Values Education and Social Construction through Education
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Session 5
Deciphering the Codes of Two Books: Divine Verses in the Light of the Risale-i Nur, and Qur’anic Solutions to the Anthropocene through the Mizan
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Session 7
Qur’anic Solutions to Problems Related to Knowledge in the Contexts of Contemporary Civilisations
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Session 8
The Role of the Risale-i Nur in Shattering the Illusion of Atheism and Materialism
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Session 10
Qur’anic Approaches to the Problems of Technology and Modernity
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Session 11
Epistemology and Ontology in the Risale-i Nur in the Light of Philosophical and Scientific Approaches
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Session 12
Readings of Existence, Society and Theology in the Method of the Risale-i Nur
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Session 13
The Challenges of the Digital Age, Youth and the Formation of Willpower from the Perspective of the Risale-i Nur
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Session 14
Style, Method, and a Meaning-Centred Reading of Existence in the Risale-i Nur
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Session 15
Preserving the Social Contract: Freedom, Politics, and Spirituality
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Session 16
Building a Better World through Justice and Unity
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Session 17
Qur’anic Solutions to Contemporary Material Problems
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Session 18
Women and Their Role in Building Civilisation
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Session 19
The Risale-i Nur and the Future of the Ummah
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Session 20
Qur’anic Solutions to Social Problems and Their Impact on Building Civilisational Consciousness
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Session 21
Bediuzzaman’s Vision of the Islamic Union in Its Historical and Contemporary Dimensions
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Session 22
Halal Finance, Leadership, and the Ethics of Consumption in Everyday Life from the Perspective of the Risale-i Nur
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Session 23
Spiritual Guidance, Social Construction, and Revelation in the Face of Global Crises
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Session 26
Qur’anic Solutions to Contemporary Educational Problems
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Session 27
The Role of the Family in Building Civilisation
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Session 28
The Environment and Its Importance in Building Civilisation
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Session 29
Knowledge and Faith from a Qur’anic Perspective and Their Impact on Building Civilisation
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Session 30
Youth and Their Role in the Rebirth of Civilisation
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Session 31
Political Philosophy and the Conception of the State in the Thought of Bediuzzaman Said Nursî
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Session 32
The Risale-i Nur’s Proposals of Meaning and Values in Response to Global and Digital Crises
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Session 34
Spiritual and Moral Values, Revelation-Based Social Construction and the Qur’anic Perspective
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Session 35
Rediscovering the Meaning of Creation as a Response to Modern Crises: Nursi’s Perspective of Mana-yı Harfî and the 5D Thinking Model
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Session 37
The Existential Function of Human Beings in the Qur’an and Ways of Fulfilling It
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Session 38
The Importance of Faith in Life from the Perspective of the Qur’an
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Session 39
Human and Faith-Based Brotherhood and Its Role in Building Civilisation
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Session 40
The Inimitability of the Qur’an and Its Impact on Civilisation
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Session 41
The Family and the Nurturing of Generations, Grounded in Human Nature, in the Face of Global Threats
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Session 42
The Islamic Conception of Science and Faith-Based Approaches in the Natural Sciences
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Session 43
Special Session on the Family Institution and New Educational Paradigms in the Search for Meaning and Belonging
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Session 44
Brotherhood, Consultation and Social Peace: The Vision of Community and Unity in the Thought of Said Nursî
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Session 46
The Importance of the Qur’an in Building Civilisation
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Session 47
Unity and the Management of Disagreement in the Islamic Message
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Session 48
Qur’anic Solutions to Contemporary Human Problems
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Session 49
Divine Laws and Their Importance in Building Civilisation
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Session 50
Contentment, Justice and the Management of Waste in the Face of Modern Economic Theories
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Session 51
Approaches to Early Childhood and Youth Education through the Vision of Medresetü’z-Zehra
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Session 52
Special Session on Global Crises and Artificial Intelligence
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Session 53
The Crisis of Meaning, Information Technologies and the Search for Spiritual and Psychological Support in the Digital Age
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Session 55
The Duty of Khilafah in the Qur’an and Ways of Fulfilling It
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Session 56
Social Solutions from the Perspective of the Qur’an
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Session 57
Qur’anic Ethics in the Building of Human Civilisation
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Forum 1
Qur’anic Values Against International Double Standards: The Example of Gaza
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Forum
Solutions to the Social Issues of the Modern Age in the Light of the Qur’an and Sunnah
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Session 59
Qur’anic Answers to the Crisis of Faith and Existence
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Session 60
Social Peace, Justice and the System of Values
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Session 61
Qur’anic Solutions and the Construction of Civilization
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Session 62
Qur’anic Solutions and the Formation of the Human Being
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Session 63
Contemporary Crises, the Reform of Civilization and Values
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Session 65
Qur’anic Responses to the Crisis in Education and Civilization through Human, Value and Cosmic Literacy
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Session 67
Qur’anic Responses to the Crisis in Society, Politics and the Family
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