ense that both would be incorporated in prayer. After the hajji’s explanation, the reason for the manner in which Muslims pray became quite clear to Muhammad Asad, and opened the first door to Islam for Muhammad Asad. I found that throughout the book there were many explanations of the laws of Islam, which provided the reader with a great deal of insight into the inner workings of the religion, just not the superficial practices.
             In my sociology class we discussed the issue of fatalism in the Arab world, but we did not
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