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Carry out research in traditional Islam, and establish its importance and relevance to challenges we face today. The institute should be a thought leader in traditional responses to modern challenges.

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To become a University that is committed to studying the signs from Allah manifested in the external world and within the inner being of Man.
And to study the life of man through the traditional wisdom of tassawuf โ€“ the psychological framework of Muslims.
And to study the life of man through the traditional wisdom of tassawuf โ€“ the psychological framework of Muslims.

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Fatih Sultan Mehmet II

At the time, and for centuries, Constantinople was a symbol of unchallenged power and glory. It was the seat of power of the mighty Holy Roman Emperor which consisted of a thriving seaport connecting Asia through the Bosphorus and Europe via the โ€œGolden Hornโ€. At the age of 21, Sultan Mehmet, was acutely aware of the geo-political, historical and cultural importance of gaining a stronghold in Constantinople. Constantinople, boasted of Christianityโ€™s second most revered Holy Site, the 6th century marvel, Hagia Sophia; the jewel of Constantinople. Eventually, the loss of this city and the beloved Hagia Sophia to the Muslims,...

Fatih Sultan Mehmet II Episode 1

๐™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ Sultan Mehmet II is given the title ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ (The Victorious) - the one who conquered the capital of the Byzantine Empire, ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฏ, and marked the end of the mighty Byzantine Empire. The Ottomans had long eyed โ€œ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒโ€ which would provide them a safe passage into Christian Europe and would also crown them as ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ. Mehmetโ€™s conviction found firm grounds in the Prophet Muhammadโ€™s (SAW) prophecy about the city;ย  โ€˜โ€˜๐•๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž. ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐๐ž๐ซ ๐›๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐›๐ž!โ€™ [Musnad Ahmad] A true heir...

The TorchBearers: Honoring Muslim Leaders

Fatih Sultan Mehmet II: A legacy of Strategy, Planning and Undeterred Resolve Episode 3: Fulfillment of the Prophecy A popular saying at the time was โ€œBetter the Turkish turban than the Papal tiara.โ€ The relations between Orthodox Byzantines and followers of the Catholic Church were so volatile that Mehmetโ€™s task became inadvertently easier. The Emperor, Constantine, was aware that there was little that bound his people together, within the formidable walls, even if help arrived from the West. Mehmet was able to lay a 53-day siege despite significant losses such as the loss of his tunnel engineers and workers through a...

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