SUFIS: THE MYSTICAL Muslims
(Part Three in a series on Islam from Forward magazine)
A popular expression of Muhammad's religion in the Western world today is Sufism, Islam's mystical way. The curre…
1- What is the meaning of Islam?
In Arabic, when a warrior lays down his arms and surrenders because he knows he is defeated, we use the verb "aslama", which means "he submits." The word "Islam" com…
IN 1972, during the restoration of the Great Mosque of Sana'a, 2in Yemen, laborers working in a loft between the structure's inner and outer roofs stumbled across a remarkable gravesite, although t…
