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| The Vision of Islam (Visions of Reality. Understanding Religions)
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Author: Sachiko Murata, William C. Chittick
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Release Date: 1995-01
ISBN-10: 1557785163
ISBN-13: 9781557785169
List Price: $18.95
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"This work is one of the most successful introductions to Islam for a Western audience. A comprehensive study, which beginning from within the precinct of the revealed truths of the faith expands in ever widening circles to embrace the whole vision of Islam". -- Seyyed Hossein Nasr
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| Customer Rating: | | this is a wonderful philosophical introduction to Islam for non-Muslims and a reaffirming read for those already of the faith. The authors did a great job capturing the beauty of Islam and what it's about. |
Inspired me to read an authentic Qur'an
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This book is, by far, on of the best clear and consise overviews that works to explain the main doctrines and spirituality of the Islamic faith. It also did so without bias. It is a thick book with plenty of explanation. It gave me an understanding of the belief and practices of Islam that are based on the scriptures of the faith.
After I read this I went to a mosque to pick up a Quran. Now I know never to judge a religion based on the actions of a few followers. I reverted after studying the religion. It is clear that Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance. Muslims share a brotherhood with Jews and Christians.
I use Islam as a way to make my life better, positive and to affect the world in a positive way. Clearly, God is speaking, and the message is one of mercy, peace and humility. I feel like this book will help other people understand what Islam is really about.
Hopefully, we Muslims can really walk the walk and talk the talk of the kindness, charity and respect for others that God commands through Islam.
This book is very straight forward and the interested reader will have no problem with the format. Muslims should already know the content within this book, but if you are new to Islam and interested in exploring the faith, this book will surely challenge your pre-existing prejudices and lead you to an unbiased view of the scriptures.
Thank God this book exists. If people will only read this book, I won't have to be afraid of being attacked by Islamophobic elements when walking down the street in my hijab! Perhaps if the USA leaders would read it then they would stop bombing Muslim civilians and committing genocide in the Middle East.
I really wish people wouldn't draw false conclsuions of Islam because of what they see in the media. Then couldn't others draw false conclusions about Christianity if they judged it by what our Christian President Bush and the US military are doing? No one should be so simple minded as to blame a faith for the bad actions of *some* of its followers.
Vision of Islam should be a requirement for every undergrad student in a comparative religions course. It is truely excellent! |
Good but Dense
| Customer Rating:  | As a relatively well-read perennial student of the Middle East, I was genuinely excited when I ordered this book. A Muslim friend recommended it, and I usually enjoy his recommendations.
This book is a wealth of knowledge. It is far deeper than an "introduction" to Islam, and though it claims it to be for those who know little of the religion, I would not recommend this book to those wanting a true introduction to the faith. This book is dry and dense, but knowledgeable. It explores more complicated theological issues than most have the patience for or interest in. I learned a great deal from the book, but instead of picking it up and digesting 30 pages without effort, it was a hard slog.
I highly recommend this book for those who already have a good basis of the religion and are interested in a deeper understanding of Islam, not because the book is well written, far from it, but because I have yet to find a better introduction to more esoteric debates within the religion.
Unfortunately, for readers who want just an introduction to a religion foreign to them, I cannot help you for I have not found anything worth recommending. If you can, however, read Karen Armstrong's book on the topic while picking through her obvious bias, I do recommend that. You have been warned, many of her "facts" are arguable and rest on interpretation - interpretation, no less, from the followers of the religion, who had quite a stake in making it seem a fact. |
A deception?
| Customer Rating: | I am not sure how to judge this book. Being from India, everything that I know about Islam contradicts this book. Is it another WMD lie but this time by a scholar rather than a government? As I was getting ready to write my comments about this book, I came across another suicide bombing in Iraq leaving over 60 civilians dead. The images of victims, in my opinion, stand a witness that this book is a well intentioned deception. I think seeing is still believing, and what we see today, as well as what history shows us, is that this book is a lie. If this is indeed true Islam, then Islam is best kept secret even to Moslems.
Of course, I must say that most of our experiences have been with what we know as Sunni Islam. I did not know anything about Shia version of Islam. Is this book portraying Shia version or Sunni version? I must say, that I am amazed at the self restraint that Shia is demonstrating in face of their brutal Sunni counter part. If Moslems in India pulled the kind of crap they are pulling in Iraq against the majority, you better believe it there will be massacre in the streets. Imagine if a minority such as Mormons, or Moslems in the US were killing people the way Sunnis are killing Shia in Iraq, I wonder what the response would be from the majority. Do you think we would respond in the same manner as Shia in Iraq? I don't think so. Most probably majority would eradicate this savage population or gather them up all in a camp of some sort. These Shia in Iraq are putting even the most pacifist Buddhists to shame.
So if this book is about Sunni Islam, I am not sure if I can buy the claims, too good to be true. Neither the history of Islam confirms this picture nor what we see today on a day to day basis and I am sure the author knows this fact all darn too well. However if it portrays Shia Islam then maybe it is true I do not know much about Shia version of Islam but from what I see in Iraq they are either too stupid or much too peaceful.
At any rate, read this book with suspicion as the available data indicates it is another weapons of mass deception.
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Best Book for new converts to islam
| Customer Rating: | | I'm so glad I was able to read this book after converting to Islam. It's like seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. My life and my entire existance seems to have a true meanning now. I truely feel like this is the religion that I have been searching for all my life. It has the best of all religions combined in one. And after reading this book and understanding the true meaning of islam I feel like my soul has finally found the peace it's been searching for. This book does a great job at clearifying many misconception about islam and other areas that were not clear to me before but after reading it, it seems to make perfect sense, I truely feel like I have been reborn, my only regret is that it took me this long to open my mind and see the truth..but Alhamdolellah. |
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