The 2010 US Census reported that 12.9 percent of the USA population is "foreign-born." A quick look around your local supermarket is likely to confirm that your community is alive with peoples and la…
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…
