Keeping Sunday as a day of rest and worship is a part of American life that has fallen by the wayside over the past couple of decades. Here Dorothy Bass offers some practical suggestions on making Sunday observance more pleasant and meaningful — whether it’s a matter of dealing with social lunches or children’s sports.
The central tenet of Islam is "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is His Prophet." The Prophet Muhammad lived in Arabia from c.570 to 632 C.E. He is the revealer of the Holy Qur'an (or Koran), the sacred scripture of Islam, which, it is said, was transmitted to him by the Archangel Gabriel. Here is an account of the Prophet's first encounter with the Archangel.
