... , Arabia, and Egypt. These are all places that we too had studied in class so having some background on them helped me a lot in reading this book. The first three chapters were mainly about the beginning of time and how basically everything could be related back to this area. For instance, writing, writing began in the Near East and writing was ... I would say that Hitti has a way of pulling the reader in at first and gets their interest in the subject. By giving lots of basic facts in the first beginning chapters I was curious to read on to see what else happened in the Near East. Also ...

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... and virtually all of Arabia. 4. Mohammad is very respected but .center of Muslim faith is Qu'ran, not Mohammad. Arabic language and the Qu'ran SUMMARIZE: 1. From the first four chapters of this book, I came up with the main points listed above. The first chapter of this introduction to Islam deals with the history of Arabia during pre-Islamic times, as ... thus broaden my knowledge on the subject. COMMENT: As far as I have read, I believe that this book, as an introduction to Islam is an overall well-written book. The first 4 chapters are easy to follow and interesting to read. I like m...

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... ; I have not been unfaithful to you, you have been unfaithful to Me." If God seems far away, before blaming Him, consider who has moved! The first half of the book, chapters 1-24, presents this message of judgment. On the other hand, Ezekiel brings the message of hope. God cannot forsake His people. God cannot forget His covenant. God is going to ... the land, back to the worship that will come from their hearts and He will be their God, and they will be His people. The second half of the book, chapters 25-48, presents this message of hope. The book is filled with many visions and allego...

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... adulteration and completed the Message of God for all humanity. He was entrusted with the power of explaining, interpreting and living the teaching of the Quran. The Quran contains 114 chapters revealed to the Prophet during a period of 23 years from 609 to 632, the year of his death. The divine revelations were manifested in divine inspiration, which the Prophet sometimes ... oral tradition of his Arabic culture. Some forty years after his death they were transcribed in the written form that has been preserved to date without change. The 114 Suwar chapters were revealed to Muhammad in ...

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... for us to ultimately better ourselves and our society. MLK (Martin Luther King, Jr.) makes a lot of good observations which he makes within each chapter. I think that each of the chapters had one specific point that MLK wanted to get by to the reader which summed up to his main topic. Three of the strongest points that struck me the most ... ...

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... , as it loses all beauty and is not Allah's original words. Muslims are still taught to learn arabic, to be able to read the Qur'an. It is 114 Surahs (chapters) and at least 78,000 words, which have never been changed from when it was revealed to Muhammad fourteen centures ago. It is treated with enormous respect because, of course ... ...

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... who wrote them down, or they remained unwritten until after Muhammad's death. Many assume that his companions understood and recorded his words perfectly, which is highly unlikely. Some surahs or chapters of the Koran became oral traditions before they were written down. In all of the occurrences of Muhammad's revelations throughout the 23 years which he received them, were not put ... ...

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... the obedience to his laws. Muslims universally believe that the Koran reveals much of the will of Allah as well as many of his laws. In the book of Sura chapters 2:91-93, Jihad is justified in the defense of Islam against any enemy. However, in the case of Christians and Jews, violence is demanded: "Idolatry is more grievous than bloodshed ... ...

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... ." The Koran means recitation, which gives out the basic message that there is no God but Allah and Muhammad, is his Prophet. The Koran consists of 114 suras, which means chapters, which were created and written by a group that established themselves after the death of Muhammad. "The Koran is not only the sacred book of Islam, but an ethical guidebook and ... ...

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... . In my opinion, Jenkins did not stay on topic very often and quite frequently jumped from subject to subject. He wrote the book as if each topic in within the chapters was another chapter in itself, instead of including only related topics within each chapter. The book was very hard for the average reader to comprehend, and might be more effective ... ...

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