tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51490046212529031122012-02-17T05:02:32.530+11:00In schools across Australia George Negus' book is one of the set readings. I have had a number of people ask me what I think of the book, but I haven't read it. Anyway, I thought that I should read it and thus this blog. Join me in reading and discussing the themes and ideas of this book.Samuel Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107307502069888589noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149004621252903112.post-88578041497002694732010-03-29T08:08:00.003+11:002010-05-04T16:24:54.010+10:00I would like to apologize to anyone who started to follow this blog. I have decided not to read this book yet but I do plan to. Instead I have decided to <a href="http://www.reading-the-quran.blogspot.com">read the Qur'an.</a> I think that doing this first is a better method for understanding "The World from Islam".<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5149004621252903112-8857804149700269473?l=theworldfromislam.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samuel Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107307502069888589noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5149004621252903112.post-10655795658316814052009-04-21T16:38:00.003+10:002009-04-22T20:08:54.972+10:00<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">In the West, we have never been able to cope with Islam; our ideas about this faith have been crude, dismissive and arrogant, but we have now learned that we cannot remain in an attitude of such ignorance and prejudice ... If the September 11 atrocity leads to a new understanding and appreciation of Islam in the West, something good will have come out of this tragedy. (Karen Armstrong, "Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet")<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This is quite a strong quote to start the book with, and it sets the context of the book. It says that we are crude, dismissive, arrogant and prejudiced towards Islam. Wow! That is quite a claim. Are we really like this? I guess some people are and others aren't. I know plenty of people who are not crude but just don't know what to think about Islam. What do you think?<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5149004621252903112-1065579565831681405?l=theworldfromislam.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Samuel Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08107307502069888589noreply@blogger.com4