"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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