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History of Islam, part two
After Muhammad died, one of the first questions to be answered was ‘Who will now be the leader of the Muslims?’ One group said that, while returning from pilgrimage to…
Islamic beliefs about God
The Muslim Shahada (creed or statement of witness) is very simple: There is no god but God, and Muhammad is the apostle of God. Muhammad’s fundamental mission was to combat…
Islamic beliefs about Christ
If Muhammad is the ‘seal of the prophets’, we might wonder why Muslims would still be attracted to Jesus. Yet the Qur’an testifies to several significant ways in which Jesus…
Islamic beliefs about the Bible
There is little doubt that at the beginning of his prophetic career Muhammad sincerely believed that he was called by God and was receiving God’s message for his people. He…