By Kenneth Cragg. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991. Pp. ix-336.
The English-speaking world has at its disposal a great body of literature dealing with the Arab world and its…
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…
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…
