Bob Losure
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A meaningful understanding of Islam begins when its principles are discussed with an open mind. In this program, Amina Wadud, of Virginia Commonwealth University; Ibrahim Kalin, of the College of the Holy Cross; and Timothy George, founding dean of Beeson Divinity School, join together to examine the meaning of Islam-both within a Muslim context and in relation to the Christian and Jewish traditions of Abrahamic monotheism-and to explain Islam's Five...
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Examines the life of Muhammad before and after his transformation to the prophet of Islam. It also covers his career and marriage to Khadijak, the revelations that form the Quran, the establishing of Islam, his miraculous journey to heaven via Jeruasalem, the first hajj, and his battles against the Meccans.