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…
Sura means a "chapter" of the Qur'an. There are 114 suras, and Muslims generally refer to them by the name given to each one, rather than by number. Aya means literally a "sign", and so a part of the…
For years, the term "Arab Christian" was used to categorize Christians in the Middle East. The concept, however, instead of being precisely defined, was intellectually misused and politically abused…
