Religion - Muslim, Jewish and Hindu

Inside Muslim Minds Professor Hassan's new book, Inside Muslim Minds, is a ground-breaking comparative study of contemporary Islamic consciousness, an important insight into aspects of the Muslim faith, and its place in the twenty-first century. Using data gathered from more than six thousand Muslim respondents from Southeast, South and Central Asia and the Middle East, Riaz Hassan examines attitudes to issues such as religious commitment; the status of women; the concept of jihad and its alleged links to terrorism; Islamic philanthropy; attitudes towards blasphemy; and Muslim perceptions of the 'other'. Inside Muslim Minds argues for a new intellectual commitment that honours Islamic heritage yet simultaneously confronts Islamic reassertion and the sense of powerlessness felt by Muslims as they strive to reaffirm their faith in the twenty-first century. Riaz Hassan is an Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Sociology, Flinders University in Adelaide, South Australia Hindu Rom Balasing In recent decades there has been a growing interest in Eastern religions, particularly the Hindu religion which seems to embrace all of creation. But something vital has been left out of that belief, as the man in our story discovered. Something he desperately needed and found, when his heart and mind and life were unshackled. www.pgm.org Who are the Jews? A biblical explanation of the origins of the Jews.