GUEST BLOGGER: Omid Safi
I have spent the better part of the past 15 years speaking with diverse audiences about religious issues. These audiences have been mixed ones, Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Hindu, atheist, and others.
In order to find out my audience’s starting point of understanding, I ask people what they know about Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and the founders of other religious traditions. Most of my audience can always point to specific teachings of Christ (“love”, “forgiveness of one’s enemies”), as well as very particular narratives and stories (“Jesus on the Cross”, “Jesus and the Moneychangers”, “The Prodigal Son”).
They could remember Moses as bringing the Law, and delivering his people from bondage in Egypt.
However, when it came to the Prophet Muhammad, the response of non-Muslims is invariably one of deafening silence. The overwhelming majority of non-Muslims cannot name a single spiritual teaching traced back to the Prophet Muhammad, and they do not know any stories or anecdotes about Muhammad.
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Book–Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters
http://omidsafi.com/
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Omid Safi’s bio at Institute of Ismaili Studies
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This book is a must read for all. We may be tempted to think that we know everything that there is to know about Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) but you’d be in for a surprise with Omid Safi’s attempt. Highly recommend. Hope this book gets translated into many languages and distributed in the Muslim world.
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