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Unlike some other books about the life of the prophet pbuh which are filled with facts and read like a history book tariq ramadan really tried to make the personality of the prophet pbuh shine. Tariq ramadan has done an excellent job in writing this biography of the prophet and making it relevant to 21st century. The structure is superb, and takes the uninitiated through the entire history. Prominent muslim scholar tariq ramadan made a name for himself as a charismatic and outspoken champion of modern islam and the integration of muslims in the western world. Introduction to islam tariq ramadan oxford university press. In the footsteps of the prophet tariq ramadan books. As this book suggests, ramadans response wasnt a tacit endorsement of stoning so much as an expression of his view that each society must decide for itself. Comparisons can be made to other prophets in the abrahamic faiths and those of other cultures. He was a professor of contemporary islamic studies at st antonys college, oxford and the faculty of theology and religion, university of oxford, but as of 2018 is taking an agreed leave of absence. The path to french citizenship should have been much easier. For those interested in the life and times of muhammad, ramadans readable in the footsteps of the prophet is a good beginning. Because they havent prepared for the middle slack before they rev again into the last 10 days of ramadan, theyve suffered a major loss in being the foremost in ibaadah.
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