“Our discussion so far reveals that the early egalitarian Islamic community largely recognized differences among the faithful on the basis of personal piety and moral excellence alone, tending to devalue kinship and social status in conscious contradistinction to the pre-Islamic… — Asma Afsaruddin Copy Share Image
“Our discussion so far reveals that the early egalitarian Islamic community largely recognized differences among the faithful on the basis of personal piety and… — Asma Afsaruddin Copy Share Image
“Furthermore, the Prophet’s gracious reception of the Christians of Najran in Medina, where he allowed them to pray in his mosque and affirmed the… — Asma Afsaruddin Copy Share Image
“The Qur’an after all underscores the Muslim’s duty to come to the aid of oppressed people everywhere, regardless of their religious affiliation and specifically… — Asma Afsaruddin Copy Share Image
“It is therefore obvious that as late as the fifteenth century there was by no means a scholarly consensus on the status of Qur’an… — Asma Afsaruddin Copy Share Image