Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics
has been in ages. While millions of Catholics have bought into the one or two child mentalit ...
wave of scandals. Moreover, the decay of Western culture is seen from the Muslim perspective as a failure o ...
religion; it is a social and political ideology that makes sharp distinctions between Muslims and non Muslim ...
terms ‘‘Muslim’’ and ‘‘Islam’’? Islam is the name of the religion itself. It means, in Arabic, ‘‘s ...
interchangeably in Arabic, and there is no clear distinction between them. Whatever terms are used, a Muslim is ...
as ‘‘abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness’’ (Ex34:6). The people of Israel saw God’s love for them as ...
Unlike the Bible, the Koran is not arranged chronologically or by subject matter. Instead, it is arrang ...
This entangles Muslims in an inconsistency, since Muslim groups worldwide have undertaken strenuous efforts ...
valued as part of the heritage of the Muslims in those lands, but are generally dismissed as products ...
They compare the length of the Nicene Creed to the brevity of the Shahada and point to the Trinity as ...
Prayer (Salat); Fasting (Sawm); Pilgrimage (Hajj); and Almsgiving (Zakat). In contrast to Christianity, ...
According to Islamic theology, the first part of this testimony, ‘‘There is no god but Allah, ...
duties. But never is anyone formally excused from praying five times a day. Part of the Muslim’s pr ...
ceasing’’ (1 Thess 5:17).[8] The Koran mentions three times daily when prayers should be said (see ...
mosque to pray? The answer to both questions is no. Mosques have traditionally been the center of the ...
Fasting is the third pillar of Islam. Every Muslim is obligated to fast during the ninth month of ...
Christian writings about Islam. Spanish Christians called the Muslims who swept in from North Africa Moors ...
Muslim convert Mohammed Marmaduke Pickthall, is relatively faithful to the Arabic text, although somewhat stilted in ...
[ 4 ]Ibn Taymiyyah, ‘‘The Status of the Arabic Language in Islam.’’ [ 5 ]Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), ‘‘How ...
must accept this gift by striving to follow the commands of Christ and by responding to His grace. If a ...
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