"Thus did We make you a middle community, that you may be witnesses for mankind and that the Messenger may be a witness for you."
Quran 2:143
And yet another verse drawn from al-Baqarah, the second and longest surah, here rendered as "The Cow." We've discussed the notion of the Islamic world as the middle community before, in regards to 1) being a middle ground between the Jewish (law) and the Christian (spirit) world, 2) geographically, in that it touches upon all of the other religions of the world, 3) the call for a path of moderation, etc. I think I tagged the concept again for today's blog post because it struck me the other day how often we find ourselves as Muslims on the fringes, both through external and internal actions and perceptions.
Quran 2:143
And yet another verse drawn from al-Baqarah, the second and longest surah, here rendered as "The Cow." We've discussed the notion of the Islamic world as the middle community before, in regards to 1) being a middle ground between the Jewish (law) and the Christian (spirit) world, 2) geographically, in that it touches upon all of the other religions of the world, 3) the call for a path of moderation, etc. I think I tagged the concept again for today's blog post because it struck me the other day how often we find ourselves as Muslims on the fringes, both through external and internal actions and perceptions.
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