American Decades
"Unity and Diversity in Islam"
Essay
By: Mohammad Rasjidi
Date: 1958
Source: Rasjidi, Mohammad. "Unity and Diversity in Islam." In Islam: The Straight Path: Islam Interpreted by Muslims, Kenneth W. Morgan, ed. New York: Ronald Press, 1958. Available online at http://www.religion-online.org/cgi-bin/relsearchd.dll/showc... (accessed February 11, 2003).
About the Author: Mohammad Rasjidi, the ambassador to Pakistan from the Republic of Indonesia during the 1950s, was one of the contributors to Islam: The Straight Path: Islam Interpreted by Muslims.
Introduction
By the 1950s, a relatively small number of Muslims had immigrated to or been born in the United States. For most Americans who had never met a Muslim or knew little about the faith, Islam was a religion practiced in other parts...
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1950's Religion Primary Sources
- Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v. Wilson
- The Power of Positive Thinking
- The Courage to Be
- Resolutions Adopted by the Central Conference of American Rabbis on Religious and Social Freedoms
- "Loving Your Enemies"
- Christian Ethics
- "A Protestant Look at American Catholicism"
- Opinions on Catholicism and America
- "Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen"
- "Unity and Diversity in Islam"
- Ad Petri Cathedram (On Truth, Unity, and Peace)
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgments
