Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1
Dialogue and Islam: An Introduction
Chapter 2
On Dialogue in The Quran and The Sunnah
Chapter 3
Christian-Muslim Dialogue in The Sirah Two Scenes
Chapter 4
Jews Muslims in The Sirah Was There A Dialogue?
Chapter 5
Widening the Horizon From Inter-Faith Dialogue in The City to Dialogue Between Civilisations
Chapter 6
From Text to Context Bridging The Historical Interval
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix
Index
How did the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) converse and engage with other religious believers? This book analyses six models of the dealings in the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), specifically, but not restricted, to the siblings of Abrahamic religious believers.
How did the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) converse and engage with other religious believers? Did he start off with prejudice and mistrust? Or was he convivial and open-minded? This book analyses six models of the dealings in the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), specifically, but not restricted, to the siblings of Abrahamic religious believers.
The six models of dialogue analysed in the book are dialogue with Ashamah, Najashi of Abyssinia, delegatilÓv