“It was the means of making it clear that no matter how painful, Muhammad needed to be true to himself, to his voice and to that of God. That was the meaning behind the revelation of Sura 109, which reads… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
We need many more intrepid women who set out to expand both their and our concepts of the world. We need them in writing… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
“The great British philosopher and historian R. G. Collingwood maintained in The Idea of History that to write well about a historical figure, you… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
“In Shia lore, Fatima lives on in another dimension to witness her sons’ suffering and to weep for them. She is the Holy Mother,… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
“Those who are comfortably established in life tend to have no need to ask what it means. They are the insiders, and for them,… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
“It was the means of making it clear that no matter how painful, Muhammad needed to be true to himself, to his voice and… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
I'm always asking questions - not to find 'answers,' but to see where the questions lead. Dead ends sometimes? That's fine. New directions? Interesting.… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
“Assassination creates an instant hero of its target. Any past sins are not just forgiven but utterly forgotten.” — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
Muhammad's is one of those rare lives that is more dramatic in reality than in legend. In fact the less one invokes the miraculous,… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
Suffering, once accepted, loses its edge, for the terror of it lessens, and what remains is generally far more manageable than we had imagined. — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
There is no perfect solution to depression, nor should there be. And odd as this may sound we should be glad of that. It… — Lesley Hazleton Copy Share Image
