HMPQC%CUNYVM.BITNET@EVANS.UCAR.EDU (01/28/91)
Being a Jew and disgusted with the Mideast war in general and the USA's and Israel's snuggling in particular, I'm interested in reading up on Islam. Can anyone direct me towards a history and/or fundamental text?
ta-dw30@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (David Worenklein) (01/31/91)
Peter Awn, chairman of the Religion dept. at Columbia, strongly recomends the Encyclopedia Islamacus. He also said the Encyclopedia of Religion is very good. I haven't read either (too busy struggling through Rodinson's _Muhammad_ and Denny's _Introduction to Islam_ - both good) but I trust the expert.
mgross@halibut.nosc.mil (Michelle K. Gross) (02/03/91)
I have already sent email directly to the original poster of this thread. The more he studies of about Islam and Judaism, the more he will see that they are more alike than different. For example, the laws on ethical (non-destructive) behavior during a war--posted last week--are shared by the two religions. If the original poster is trying to understand the current situation in the Mideast, he will learn more by studying our history of human frailty than by directing his interests to an examination of religions in a competitive context. --Michelle Gross mgross@Nosc.mil