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HijrahEnglish Hegira(Arabic; “Migration”) Journey of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 to escape persecution and found a community of believers. The date represents the beginning of Islam. The second caliph, 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, began the practice of using the event as the starting point for the Muslim calendar; years are now denoted by the initials AH (Latin Anno Hegirae, “in the year of the Hegira”). The disciples who traveled with Muhammad to Medina were called the Companions of the Prophet. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In a dozen chapters, each ten to fifteen pages long, he describes and compares Islamic and Christian perspectives on the topics of creation, the nature of grace and mercy, Jesus as Messiah and Muhammad as the "seal of the prophets," the Qur'an and the Bible, revelation, power in the Hijrah and the cross, the holy cities of Medina and Jerusalem, the unity of God, the place of pilgrimage, prayer and fellowship, and the understanding of global mission. A former Howard University professor, he received his doctorate in business from the University of Mississippi in 1997, is married and has three children, and worships at the Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center in Virginia. Denoting the period around the third-fourth century after the hijrah (migration) of the Prophet of Islam to Madinah as "medieval", "early medieval Islam" and "early Islam"--all treated as near synonyms--this book explores "two paradoxes" of this era: (i) the relative marginal position accorded to two "freethinkers" of this period; and (ii) the vehemence with which Muslim thinkers supposedly attacked freethinking even though this was a "marginal and short-lived" phenomenon of the medieval Islam. |
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