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First Things First: For Inquiring Minds and Yearning Hearts - Softcover

Khalid Baig

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9780975515709: First Things First: For Inquiring Minds and Yearning Hearts
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0975515705 ISBN 13: 9780975515709
Publisher: Open Mind Press, 2004

Synopsis

This book is a collection of more than 80 popular articles published over a 9 year period in the "First Thing First" column of monthly Impact International (London, England). The articles discuss a broad range of topics and issues confronting Muslims today in both their individual as well as collective lives, ranging from Islamic beliefs and practices to politics, women, and modernity. Written in lucid English, the highly engaging articles aim at providing reflection, exposition, inspiration, and intellectual stimulation. <P>The author takes the reader on an intellectual journey to find answers for the problems facing Muslims today at all levels. Taking into consideration current social, cultural, and political discussions, he demonstrates how the solution lies in returning to Islamic principles as valid and necessary today as they were fourteen centuries ago. <P>His brilliant articulation of Islamic perspectives as well as clarification of thorny topics makes the book a must read for young adults, parents and teachers Muslim and non-Muslim alike.

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About the Author

An engineer by profession, Khalid Baig has been writing on Islam and current affairs since 1986. He is editor of Albalagh E-Journal as well as a regular contributor to Impact International. He resides in Southern California.

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Publisher
Open Mind Press
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0975515705
ISBN 13 
9780975515709
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
432
Rating
  • 4.40 out of 5 stars
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