Thanks for the information. I saw the film here on campus at Austin Peay. I think the History Club sponsored it... I'm not sure, I just know that some people in some of my classes were talking about it, that's how I know it was going to be shown... Ginny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jabou Joh" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 12:24 AM Subject: Re: Islam > Ginny, > > I am planning to write a series on "'why the three main religions", Islam, > Judaism and Christianity, hopefully one of these days soon. It is something > i have meant to do but just have not had the time. > On a good translation of the Qur'an to recommend, the newest translation of > the Qur'an and in my estimation the best yet is entitled: > > "Interpretation of the Meanings of The Noble Qur'an In The English Language. > A Summarized Version of At-Tabari, Al Qurtubi and Ibn Kathir with comments > from Sahih Al-Bukhari" > > A rather long title, but excellent as it gives you both the text, as well as > hadith,which is the Islamic rules pertaining to all aspects of life , also > known as the Sunnah. I will make enquiries as to whether this translation > has been transcribed into Braille and let you know. Where did you see the > film? > > Jabou Joh > > In a message dated 2/24/00 12:00:39 AM Central Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > << Hello, everyone. I haven't been able to read much of the discussion > concerning Islamic websites, since I've been very busy these last few days. > Could someone give me some online sources where I can get comparisons > between Islam and Christianity, as well as other religions? Also, could > someone recommend a good English translation of the Koran? > I'm asking because I went to see the movie The Message earlier this > evening, and I'm very much intrigued. > Also (and I'm not sure if anyone would know this) is there any way I > could find out of the Koran has been transcribed into Braille. > Thanks. Sorry for all the questions. > You may respond to me privately if you'd like... > Ginny > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------