Islam Rediscovered
Preface
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PREFACE
The theme of this book is evident from its title:
Islam
Rediscovered: Discovering Islam from its Original
Sources
. Its purpose is to present Islam as it is,
drawing on its original sources rather than judging
it by the later day interpretations and commentaries
or the practices of present day Muslims in different
parts of the world. A distinction is made between
Islam as presented by the Prophet Muhammad,
may peace be upon him, and his companions
(information about which is available to us in the
Qur’an and the
sunnah
) and Islam as represented by
later Muslim generations — both in theory and
practice. This is what we call the scientific
approach.
We are living in the age of the media. Before the
advent of the modern media there were large
numbers of people in the world who knew nothing
of Islam. With the invention of the printing press
and now the electronic media it is difficult to find
today a single person who is unaware of it.
