this is just a warning to those who might be led astray. elijah muhammed is in no way a muslim and has no connection whatsoever, barring terminology, to islam. in fact, according to the Qur'an and true muslims, (ie. the people who have professed islam for 1400 years, as opposed to elijah muhammed who boldly stole the name for his own purposes less than 100 years ago) by claiming that wd fard, a raincoat salesman from detroit in the early twentieth century was Allah, the creator and ruler of all that exists, seen and unseen, elijah muhhamed (and fard) committed the only sin not forgivable by the All-Merciful: setting up others beside Him, or as equal to Him. an interesting side note is that wd fard was not even original enough to create the forgery himself but stole even the idea of subverting the terms of islam from the noble drew ali.
secondly, elijah muhhamed preached seperatism and was a racist. whatever the reason or value of his opinions and ideas, these are not the same or even similar to those of islam, which teaches unity and racial equality. true islam has nothing to do with race, as the qu'ran and hadith say nothing even remotely similar to what elijah muhammed claims.
one must wonder why elijah muhammed was so determined to steal from and malign islam? it is competely absurd, as well as sinful to claim Allah was a raincoat salesman in Detroit and just ignorant to say elijah muhhamed "makes quick work of the eastern muslims". it is disrespectful and dishonorable for elijah muhammed to call himself a muslim when his beliefs are completely contradictory to those of islam, as malcolm x discovered. it would seem that elijah muhhamed harbored a great hatred for islam/muslims and thus attempted to subvert the true teachings. i would have given this book zero stars were i able, except perhaps as a curiousity of american and african-american history.

In the end, revelation is judged not by appointed deities but by the bitter acceptance of mass effect. This book challenged the notion of claimed divinity with no visible fruit as vain repetition of ancient doctrine. It is indeed funny how those who disagree with Messenger Muhammad's little booklet attack not the fruit of his revelation, but the way and environment in which it was delivered. "There is much I could tell you, but, you cannot bear it now, but..." The preceeding quote is scripture, those with superiour 'intellect' could attack it's essence or origin, but oh, the many souls it saved, and-with but a solemn, sincere promise: better times ahead, for those who believe. Now, the root of this book deals with revelation. Do I believe it? It does not matter. Has it changed lives? ...Yes. Do I dispise this affect on human life? No. In this book Messenger Muhammad demands that his followers carry no weapon, not even a pen knife. Good teaching for today's climate, no doubt. He says be clean inward and out. Given, the Messenger's teaching was specifically targeted to African-Americans, given the cuurent state of affairs between Whites and Blacks in America and the World, what better foundation for us to stand on than these basic teachings? You say, "He called White people devils!" I say White people are in the best position to defend this statement, seeing that they have built much, and possess much in material and political power, it is not hateful to let them defend themselves as we have worked to show our worth in spite of hurtful speech. In the end, the bitter pill for both (Black and White) to swallow is not who hurled the most spiteful names, but who took up the banner of sober, responsible behaiviour and worked to make this nation a better place for our children.

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad in this short speech explains who he is, his mission and his responsibilities. He makes quick work of the Eastern Muslims who want to cast doubt as to his Messengership. He shows the Eastern Muslims to be complete hypocrites in condemning him but yet seeking friendships in America with the very infidels that their Holy Qu'ran condemns while failing to do Islamic missionary work amongst the people in America who need it the most. The Honorable Elijah Muhammad then explains what his divine role is and to whom he was sent. This book provides a very good and quick overview of the Islamic missionary work conducted by the Elijah Muhammad.

This is a classical sample of deceptive literature common in the last 50 years. In between the line, the author is introducing his non-muslim movement Qadiani instead of introducing a study of the Quran. This is because the author himself strictly speaking is not a muslim and belonged to a neo-colonial religious movement known as Qadiani which has since the gaining of independence by the Indian sub-continent has been exposed as a non-muslim movement. And check out the price instead of the intial 6 $, the book has been doscounted to 1 $...it seems that there are not so much buyer.

The translator Maulana Muhammad Ali was a highly educated person of his time. Although he belonged to a religious organization which has been highly reviled in the country where that organization is based and has been declared un-Islamic, because of ignorance and intolerance amongst Muslims towards each other, yet eminent scholars and religious personalities of the era in which he lived had a very high regard for his efforts for the propagation of Islam. The well known english translator of the Holy Quran, Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall had a lot of respect for Maulana Muhammad Ali's missionary activities. A prominent political activist of the Indian subcontinent,Muhammad Ali Jouhar was full of praise about this translation of the Holy Quran. The author has written numerous other books on Islam and is well qualified. His book "The Religion of Islam", has been well received even in some Muslim countries,e.g.,Egypt, where otherwise his oraganization is considered non-Muslim. This translation, presents Islam as a religion of tolerance and a very practical religion keeping in view the religious needs of modern times.

Contrary to the misinformed views of those who are duped by the politically-motivated and power-hungry self-apponted clergy of the Muslim world, the author was a true Muslim and a believer in the Finality of Prophethood (i.e., that the Holy Pophet Muhammad was the Last of the Prophets), exactly like his mentor, the Mujaddid Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. What has made such propaganda so insiduous and continuing is the fact that a major section of the original Ahmadiyya Movement chose to turn their backs on the true teachings of the Founder of the Movement and of the Holy Prophet and to declare the Founder, after his death, a Prophet (God Forbid). It is to the everlasting credit of this author, Maulana Muhammad Ali, that he gathered together those Ahmadis who were not prepared to tolerate this divisive and un-Islamic step, or the dictatorship of a so-called Khalifa, and formed the breakaway Ahmadiyya Anjuman Ishaat Islam of Lahore in order to perpetuate the original Islamic teachings of the Founder. This book does not, therefore, represent the distorted views of the "Qadiani" organisation, but the views of an eminent and saintly scholar of Islam, well-known and respected in his time, who wanted nothing to do with the false doctrines of those who had hijacked the Ahmadiyya Movement and were now declaring other Muslims to be non-believers! It is sad that so many ignorant Muslims should fall prey to the propaganda that lumps the Muslims of the Lahore organisation together with the misguided Qadiani organisation, condemns them both in the same terms, and throws in the silly suggestion that the Founder was a colonial agent. The more sensible and less narrow-minded readers, Muslim or non-Muslim, should have no difficulty in seeing where the real truth lies, and stand to benefit greatly in understanding from reading this book.

I strongly encourage you to read the excerpt pages before buying this book. If you look carefully, you will find many opinions snuck in as fact. These opinions are always slanted toward the Muslim side. For example, it calls the difference between the Koran's account of Jesus' birth and the Bible's, "inspired." That is an opinion. This is not an objective comparision of the two religion's viewpoints. It is more positive toward the Muslim religion than the Christian one. That may or may not have been the author's intention, but it is there. You may want to consider this in deciding if this book is for you or not.

In both the foreward and introduction it is clear that "Jesus and Muhammad: The Parallel Sayings" is shaped by the events of 9-11. The call is made for tolerance through understanding the commonalties between the predominant religions of the Middle East and the West as a way of bridging the gap between the true teachings of Islam and the terrorist acts perpetrated in the name of Islam. It is pointed out, for example, that Muhammad saw Islam as a continuation of Christianity in a similar way that Jesus saw Christianity as an extension of Judaism. It is also pointed out that the followers of Islam supposedly recognize Jesus as a prophet on the same level as Abraham, Moses and Muhammad himself.

The format of the book is the same as the others in the series (Jesus and...Moses, Buddha, Lao-Tzu). A one page summary is given on a broad topic (love, God, wisdom, faith, law, charity, sin, jihad, hereafter and differences, respectively) with parallel quotes (one from Jesus, one from Muhammad) on each page. Unfortunately, the annotations begun in the last book (Jesus and Lao-Tzu) are not continued here. I believe providing even a single sentence to give each quote a historical or textual context would only benefit this series.

The main difference seems to be most Christians unwillingness to accept Muhammad as a successor of Jesus and the last in a distinguished line of prophets, just as Islamics refute Jesus to be the 'God made flesh' and Muhammad considered the Trinity to be a form of polytheism. Also, Jesus is the intermediary between Christians and God, whereas Muhammad espoused more of the Jewish belief that one has to go directly to God oneself. This, of course, is completely understandable. If one is not seen as the "top prophet" by his own followers, what is the point?

"Jesus and Muhammad" holds up well with the other books in the series. About the only difference is packaging, not content (the other books in the series are hardbound for the same price). As far as bridging the gap (in light of 9-11), it does not. But how can it? It works as an open-minded and open-hearted glimpse into some of the similarities and differences between the two religions, but fails utterly to explain how inspired words spoken some 1500-2000 years ago become twisted into acts of violence (the simplified answer to that of course, is free-will) - No amount of scholarly study can "explain" that away.
Recommended for those interested in comparative religion.

Whether one believes in all the prophets of God or not, the same message was brought to Humanity time and again. This book has superbly shown parallels in prophet Jesus teachings with that of prophet Muhammed which again goes in-sync with the teachings of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Lot, Isaac, Ishmail, etc. in oneness of God and other basic teachings. Many of the readers will be surprised to know that there is Chapter in The Quran dedicated on Mary(Maryam the mother of Jesus) and she is considered one of the holiest women in Islamic teachings. Also in The Quran you will find - Jesus's name been quoted more than Muhammed's name. And we all have to ponder on what those teachings to know who we are and why we were sent on the Earth.....

Overall, this strikes me as a somewhat lazy book. Rather than offer any original writing, the editors simply cobble together previously published writings by Alex Haley (actually a "Playboy" interview of the young Ali by Haley), Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, and Peter Richmond, along with a very short introduction by James Earl Jones. The book jacket also boasts of "contributions from" the likes of Malcolm X, Jackie Robinson, George Plimpton, Jim Brown, and numerous others, but this turns out to refer simply to brief quotations that pepper the book, mostly as photo captions.

The quality of the text by the four featured writers is fine. Certainly you can't go wrong with Norman Mailer. His book "The Fight," from which the chapter in this book is excerpted, was one of the first serious works about boxing and Muhammad Ali that I read back in the 70s, and the first thing I ever read by Mailer. I was a big fan of Ali going in, and a fan of Mailer as well coming out.

One can always quibble with editing decisions in a book like this, but being familiar with Mailer's "The Fight," I found some of the choices made here rather peculiar. For example, in Mailer's very lengthy account of the Ali-Foreman fight itself, he presents the fifth round as the most dramatic, action-filled, significant round of the entire fight. In this excerpt, the editors choose to include some of Mailer's set-up for that round (e.g., "[Foreman] came out in the fifth with the conviction that if force had not prevailed against Ali up to now, more force was the answer, considerably more force than Ali had ever seen."), but then simply replace that entire climactic round with ellipsis.

I don't believe I had previously read the other three selections, or at most I had read excerpts from them. But none of them are newly rediscovered gems that will come as revelations to serious Ali fans. They are not weak or uninteresting, but they are recycled material with which many readers will already be familiar.

Similarly, there are many fine photos in the book, but little that has not appeared in one or more similar Ali books in the past. (In terms of both text and photos, I strongly prefer Wilfrid Sheed's superficially similar picture book "Muhammad Ali" to this one.) One exception is that this book includes many fight programs, posters, and tickets that I had not previously come across.

The book is marred by many factual errors committed by the editors in their photo captions. There are many things that a proofreader even minimally familiar with Ali's career should have caught, so one must unfortunately infer considerable sloppiness or laziness on the part of those who put this book together.

For example, contrary to what this book tells you, Ali did not defeat Joe Frazier by fifteen round decision in their third fight. Ali was awarded a technical knockout when Frazier's handlers conceded between the fourteenth and fifteenth rounds. Ali's 1972 fight against George Chuvalo was not a fifteen round decision, but a twelve round decision. (He had defeated Chuvalo by fifteen round decision in an earlier fight in 1966; that might be what confused the editors.) The book states flatly that Ken Norton broke Ali's jaw in the second round of their March 1973 fight. Maybe, but different parties have claimed anything from the first to the twelfth round, so the matter is not without uncertainty. The photo identified as being from Ali's 1971 fight against Jurgen Blin is in fact a photo from the 1974 fight against Foreman.

Though flawed, this book still has worthwhile elements. With such a compelling central character, you would expect nothing less. It's not the best Ali book out there by a long shot, but insofar as it recruits a few more young newcomers into the legions of Ali fans, and gives the rest of us an excuse to reminisce about an extraordinary man and his extraordinary life, it cannot be all bad.

A great book for Ali fans and boxing fans alike. It is a fun trip through the boxing exploits of one of America's, and the Worlds, greatest athletes. A fun table book that you can pick up over and over again. If you want the complete book of Ali's life- this isn't it. What it covers is Ali the Champ fight by fight!

If you're a boxing fan or just an Ali fan, this book will help you relive memories like no other photo book or biography will. If you're NOT, you will still marvel at the art and the wonderful writing on page after page. The text is not sappy, faceless writing like so many other photo or art books. Instead, these are well-written essays from people who know boxing and know Ali -- and their appreciation will make you appreciate Ali's achievements, charisma, and larger-than-life persona that has led so many to name him the athlete of the century. (If you're looking for more of a narrative, Davis Miller's new "The Tao of Muhammad Ali" is the perfect complement to this book.)

I found the book to give not much insight compared to others previously written about "The Greatest". A good book for starters but not for serious Ali fans.

Mr. Stravinsky writes a decent biography of Ali, although some details of his personal life could have been covered in a little more detail. More coverage of his first three marriages, early years and gradual conversion to the Nation of Islam come to mind. Don't let this dissuade you from reading this nice little tome. I think it gives just enough information to pique ones curiosity into buying a more detailed work. The bibliography in the back of the book will give you some good choices. As a boxing fan, I found the detailed coverage of the boxing matches especially interesting. Highly recommended for those who wish to discover more about a diverse and interesting life.

This is simply a random collection of sayings attributed to the Prophet. There is nothing in the way of a context by which the reader might understand the scope and authenticity of these sighted sayings. I don't know, I tend to dislike quick and simplified studies of things which are buried in hermeneutics.I would recommend another title by this author,it is called "Discovering Qur'an".Itis a well researched work with clever arrangement.

This book will especially appeal to non-muslims who need introduction to the second most sacred source of Traditional muslim information. Very pertinent sayings of Our dear prophet (PUBH) give an insight into the things muslims hold vey important in their every day life. After the Quran the "Hadeeth" (sayings of prophet)play a critical role in guiding muslims towards salivation.

The Life of the Prophet Muhammad by ibn Kathir Vol I: 1 873938 16 0

Ibn kathir's the Life of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) is one of the celebrated works in the respective field. As a Muslim theologian, he successfully captures various events unfolding in the Arabian Peninsula that necessitates the advent of a messenger from God. He then goes into sketching the Prophet's life before he is endowed with the mission to establish the religion of God. This volume (which is the first of a four-volume series) comes to an end when the Prophet starts preaching the new faith to the polytheistic Arab and some of them start listening to him.

Even though the book is very informative, ibn kathir, resorting to the practice of his era, provides as many narrations as possible to relate a single anecdote. He even mentions the chain of narrators from whom he related the story. Though his style is an indispensable tool for a Muslim scholar to discern the authentic reports from the false ones, it, however, affects the smooth reading of the material. In addition, ibn Kathir often leaves the reader in the darkness regarding the authenticity of a story being told; thus, making it accessible to a scholar only.

There are a number of works on the life of the Prophet (PBUH) that relate the authentic stories alone. Ar-Raheeq al-Makhtum and When the Moon Split - both by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri; by Abul Hasan Nadwi are some good books on this subject.

Anyway, this book is worth having in your library as a reference to the life of a great Prophet!

Ibn kathir's the Life of the Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) is one of the celebrated works in the respective field. As a Muslim theologian, he successfully captures various events unfolding in the Arabian Peninsula that necessitates the advent of a messenger from God. He then goes into sketching the Prophet's life before he is endowed with the mission to establish the religion of God. This volume (which is the first of a four-volume series) comes to an end when the Prophet starts preaching the new faith to the polytheistic Arab and some of them start listening to him.

Even though the book is very informative, ibn kathir, resorting to the practice of his era, provides as many narrations as possible to relate a single anecdote. He even mentions the chain of narrators from whom he related the story. Though his style is an indispensable tool for a Muslim scholar to discern the authentic reports from the false ones, it, however, affects the smooth reading of the material. In addition, ibn Kathir often leaves the reader in the dark, regarding the authenticity of a story being told, and thus, making it accessible to a scholar only.

There are a number of works on the life of the Prophet (PBUH) that relate the authentic stories alone. Ar-Raheeq al-Makhtum and When the Moon Split - both by Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri; Muhammad Rasulullah: The Apostle of Mercy by Abul Hasan Nadwi are some good books on this subject.

Anyway, this book is worth having in your library as a reference to the life of a great Prophet!

This is definetely a book to read and have it in any persons library who is interested in Religion. Obviously it is all about Prophet Mohammed (PBH). As is standard of the time, all the narratives starts with list of narrations. For some one who is not familiar with who those individuals are, names are very distracting, but they can not be eliminated either for they are reliable for some and unreliable for others. Major highlights are taken from Ibn Ishak or ibn Hashim, so it is difficult to find what new thing you learn from this book if you eliminate late narratives. For me it is a tremendeous gift from translators that made this book available to me in English. Ibn Kathir certainly one of the great scholars in Islam.

This coffee table book covers the once again subject of the great boxing legend, Muhammad Ali.

From the 1960s through to the present day is coved with some quite good pictures. However when a great person's life is covered over and over again it becomes quite boring, although no disrespect to the great man himself.

Here is a book that adequately covers what it sets out to do. The authors intent was to provide an overview of Ali's career without delving too deeply into any one part, or any one fight. With some terrific photos, Ali's life and career from his start in boxing, the 1960's Olympics, the fights with Liston, Frazier and Foreman etc., right through to the 1996 Olympics are covered in brief details. If you have a growing interest in the Greatest Boxer of all time, this book will give you a good base.

This is a huge hard cover book with lots of full page photos of Ali. The book brings to live some of the most striking moments in 20th century sports.

The icon of Ali jumps out of the pages. These photos go beyond the boxing ring. They show Ali at the pinacle of political moments where he represented the opinions of half of America.

A fantastic table top book!

do you know in Italy 384$ are about three work's weeks?

I used this book five years ago when I was an undergraduate student. I still find it's a very good reference for my job.

I went through this book while I was in undergrad. I am a System Engineer. But even now for quick reference, I use this book.

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This book is very recommendable for young muslim girls who are greatly influenced by western society. This book will bring things into perspective for them.

Fatima is Fatima gives a good description of the Prophet's relationship with his wives, his holy daughter, and his grandchildren. Certain parts of it also read like a story which makes it very enjoyable. I strongly recommend this book to all muslims, not just women.

According to Professor Ali Rahnema,

"Shariati was a man of his times. He reflected the mood, conditions, problems, pains and conceivable solutions of his times . . . He does not fit into any classical stereotype. Those who try to portray him as such, simply deform the man. Whatever he wrote, whatever he said and whatever he did which excited and roused him was filled with riddles and puzzles. Such was his life. A true product of the fertile cultural soil of Khorasan, the land of epics and mystics, Ali Shariati was at case with words, the principal tool of his forefathers."

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