Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics

(Jacob Rumans) #1

Christian writings about Islam. Spanish


Christians called the Muslims who


swept in from North Africa Moors, and


strictly speaking, the term does refer to


Muslims of North Africa. (The names of


two nations in Northern and Western


Africa, Morocco and Mauritania, are


derived from the word ‘‘Moor.’’) The


Saracens were a tribe from Arabia.


Medieval Christians began to use the


word to refer to all Arab Muslims, and


ultimately to all Muslims (Arab or not)


who were threatening Eastern Europe


from the Middle East.


[ 3 ]There are numerous helpful


translations of the Koran available,


many of which were completed by


Muslims. The Meaning of the Glorious


Koran, a translation by the English

Free download pdf