Word: muhammad
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...Jesus' instructions to his followers: "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." The Talmud teaches that "when a beggar comes, hand him bread, so that the same may be done to your children." Likewise, Muhammad taught that "the mercy of Allah is near to those who do good." And since all good things come from Almighty God, he held, one never really gives; one only gives back...
Black delegates at the Republican Convention were about as common as photographers for Reader's Digest. Less than 3% of the delegates were black. But while black faces were rare on the Superdome floor, a conspicuously high number turned up on the podium or in the VIP box: Muhammad Ali, former Transportation Secretary William Coleman, and Fred Brown, chairman of the National Black Republican council...
...explanation for boxing, at least an excuse, has never been harder to summon or easier to see than it is now, simmering in the eyes of Mike Tyson. Muhammad Ali's face, when his was the face of boxing, at least had a note of humor, a hint of remorse, even the possibility of compassion, though he gave no guarantees. Tyson does: brutal, bitter ones...
...three, the answer was Islam, a choice that until recently might have seemed highly peculiar. Despite 800 million adherents around the world, the faith of the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur'an, the Muslim scriptures, has long been all but invisible in the U.S. More than that, it has been an object of misunderstanding and contempt. "Traditionally, there has always been a rather bad image of Islam in the West," says Ninian Smart, religion professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara. "In recent years," he adds, "that has been accentuated by the revolution in Iran and terrorism." Insists...
...those entering the U.S. has doubled in the past two decades, and they now constitute 14% of immigrants. Adding to the total is the indigenous movement formerly known as Black Muslims. Once seen as heretical by orthodox believers because of the unconventional and antiwhite doctrines propounded by Founder Elijah Muhammad, the group has shed those teachings and gained recognition by mainstream Islam. With these trends and their high birthrate, U.S. Muslims are expected to surpass Jews in number and, in less than 30 years, become the country's second largest religious community, after Christians...