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	• Islam and the Destiny of Man (Suny Series, Islam) Charles Le Gai Eaton State University of New York Press, 1986 - 242 pages average customer review:based on 17 reviews view larger image
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If only...

Does Islam make men good or do men make Islam good? I love this book. I wish, in my heart, that Islam was truly as described here. But there are as many Islams as there are Muslims.

Mr. Eaton's Islam is one of them. And I wish it were so. His description of Islam radiates beauty, wisdom and power and a genuine and true longing for Truth. It is as poetic as it is spiritually nourishing. As such I can recommend this book to anyone.

My issue, however, is twofold:

1) why do we not see Muslims acting like this? Granted, living in the West we'd probably never see it anyhow as it doesn't make news. However, a good friend of mine is a Muslim and he lives the spirit of the Islam Mr. Eaton presents. Yet ask him to define his stand on whether he is a Sunni, Sufi or Shi'ite you'd probably find he's a bit of all of them and avoids being boxed in.

2) most Americans/Westerners embrace a 'Sufi', i.e. mystical, type of Islam. In other words, they fall outside of the pale of the stricter doctrinal aspects of Islam such as those practiced in Saudi Arabia, Iran and even Egypt. Being Western and free of the cultural impact of being Arab, it provides a freedom of interpretation that would probably be frowned upon by many in the Muslim world. My question is this: is the Islam presented here genuinely Islamic?

This is a great book and a great introduction to Islam. In fact, for an introductory text, it is best to start here and see the best Islam has to offer as the polemical books about Islam are far too common.

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Islam as it really is.

Well written and well structured this is probably the best introduction to the Muslim religion you can find. Ignore any previous condescending reviews such as "Are Muslims really like this?" etc.... It really is beyond me why some think they are qualified to have an opinion so narrow on a religion followed by millions of people as diverse as Chinese, Europeans, Arabs, Africans etc or even on a people. Imagine if someone put up a review making the same comments about Black people or Asian people, they would immediately be condemned as an ignorant bigot but here we are, Islam is in the news, it sells newspapers and we can use it for and against to get the mob and rabble roused.

Concerning the book, it is basically an introduction to the Muslim religion. It covers all aspects of the faith and how it is understood by Muslims, its impact on the world and the impact that the world outside of Islam had upon it.

There are many other books of a similar style such as Roger Du Pasquier's Unveiling Islam and William Chitticks Vision of Islam but this is by far the best. Recommended to Muslim and non Muslim alike.

Read it and see for yourself.

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MONUMENTAL!!

This is a truly majestic book and is, without doubt, one of the most powerful works available on Islam in the English language. Intended primarily for the non-Muslim, or specifically for Westerners with little or no prior knowledge of Islam, I would say that this book is equally accessible and helpful to those who are either practising believers or who have a good working knowledge of the Faith, in the way it goes so far beyond ordinary introductory texts in dealing with and answering the vital questions of human existence. A comprehensive coverage of specifically the Islamic ethos is included, with regards to formation, beliefs, sources, history and crystallization, yet this representation always remains couched in an acute understanding of other major religious forces and (contemporary) intellectual contexts. This work is scholarly and encyclopaedic in content and scope, yet is saved from becoming abstruse or inaccessible by the author's pronounced gift of articulation, where with an almost effortless ease complex issues and matters are expressed in beautiful and poetical style. In fact, certain passages of this book are simply spellbinding, and there is a definite spiritual dimension to the text where the reader can tangibly feel the calm serenity of the author being transmitted through the words. I really cannot recommend this book enough; for those interested in furthering their knowledge of specifically Islam and the Muslim faith it is an excellent place to start or continue your research, for those who have any type of interest in religion in general or who are simply concerned with the deeper questions of life, meaning, purpose and existence then reading this book will prove to be an intriguing experience and for those who are simply looking for an interesting read then I am sure that this book will not disappoint you. Unreservedly, I recommend this book to as many people as possible.

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Thank you Charles

Charles inspired me to pray again, alhamdulAllah.

Excellence in faith and expression

I have little to add to the other reviews lauding the brilliance with which this book is written, the excellence of its philosophy, and the sympathetic exegesis of Islam: indeed all of the Abrahamic religions. The one sour review you will read says it all about the excellence of this work.

I am a born-again, Bible believing Christian. It is a pleasure to read such a surrender to the wisdom of God, the Author of history, even if the true nature of Christ isn't, sadly, acknowledged.

I discovered this book entirely by accident, and cannot understand why it is not vastly better known. Do not let this gem of a book escape your careful attention!

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