What’s Right With Islam Is What’s Right With America
June 18, 2005
Excerpt from the Book:
“The most important religious development … in the Muslim world was arguably the institutionalization and spread of Sufi orders. Although sufis existed from the beginning of Islamic history, Sufi wisdom was more the treasure of a small minority, an elite of the pious withdrawn from the mainstream of Islamic political advance. Often misunderstood and maligned, Sufis were accused of excesses in matters of worship.
What made the difference was the work on one man, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali … ”
The writer, Feisal Abdul Rauf, is the imam of Masjid al-Farah in New York City, a mosque located only twelve blocks from the site of the former World Trade Centre. He founded the ASMA Society, a non profit educational and cultural organisation building bridges between the American public and American Muslims, and co-founded the Cordoba Initiative, a multifaith effort to help heal the relationship between the Muslim world and America.
Title: What’s Right With Islam Is What’s Right With America
Author: Feisal Abdul Rauf
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