Book Review Islam and Christianity
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Authors(s): Ali Quli Qarai
Category: Comparative Religion
Journal: Vol.2, N.4
Publisher(s): al-Tawhid Islamic Journal
Topic Tags: Islam Christianity
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Language
English
A review of Montgomery Watt's book 'Islam and Christianity today', in which the author who has studied Islam for over fourty years, asks searching questions both about Islam and his own faith in Christianity.
Book Review: Islam and Christianity
Introduction
Islam and Christianity: A Review Article by Ali Quli Qara'i
The reviewer `Ali Quli Qara'i is the editor of Al‑Tawhid (English). Soon after the Islamic Revolution of Iran he brought out a monthly journal in English, The Message of Peace, from Qum. Montgomery Watt is one of the leading living Orientalists, who has written and compiled a large number of books on various aspects of Islam, Muslim history and Islamic thought.
Islam and Christianity Today‑A Contribution To Dialogue, W. Montgomery Watt
London, Routledge Kegan Paul, 1983; pp. 157; $ 8.95
The reviewer `Ali Quli Qara'i is the editor of Al‑Tawhid (English).
Soon after the Islamic Revolution of Iran he brought out a monthly journal in English, The Message of Peace, from Qum. Montgomery Watt is one of the leading living Orientalists, who has written and compiled a large number of books on various aspects of Islam, Muslim history and Islamic thought.
Islam and Christianity Today is the rather vague title of a book which consists of the “inner dialogue” of an Orientalist who has been engaged in the study of Islam (mainly Sunnite) for almost forty years. His study and appreciation of Islam caused
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