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Knowing Our Neighbour
A Study of Islam for Christians in Malaysia
by Albert Sundararaj Walters
ISBN 978-983-43378-1-0 RM35.00 US$15 £12 Council of Churches of Malaysia
In a world where religion is either frozen cold or exploding into flames, Christians and Muslims of good will must be ready to stand side by side. But mutual recognition must be hard-headed and sober based on respect that grows out of a firm understanding of the other's otherness:hence the need for this book. Here, Albert Walters takes Christians through fourteen centuries of Islamic history, the fundamentals of Muslim belief and practice, and the vivid diversity that makes up the Islamic World. He opens the windows to show differences between Islam and Christianity and helps the interested reader to make the first step of understanding and appreciation. Building on this, he deftly examines the history of Islam in his country Malaysia,and then discusses the difficulties between Christians and Muslims with realism and due concern for all the misapprehensions and misgivings that haunt moves to come closer together.
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