The Qur'an and the West Harold E. Stearns Radin examines three basic sets

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The Qur'an and the West Harold E. Stearns Radin examines three basic setsKenneth Cragg (1913 2012) was one of the West's most gifted interpreters of Islam. In this deeply insightful, classic work of Qur'anic studies, he argues that the West must put aside a "spiritual imperialism" that draws on Western prescripts alien to Muslims and "learn to come within" Islam. Only then can a conversation begin that can relieve the misunderstandings and suspicion that has grown between Islam and the West in the years since 9 11. Cragg's