\u201cA Latter-day Saint Perspective on Muhammad.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
It\u2019s possible, of course, that Dr. Toronto\u2019s extensive study and teaching of Arabic and Islam, further aggravated\u00a0by\u00a0his extended residences in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and now Turkey, has rendered him incapable of accurately understanding either Islam or Muslims. \u00a0(One or two readers of my blog have suggested that too much knowledge and understanding can render a person useless \u2014 on this unique topic, anyway.) \u00a0Still, myself warped and probably incapacitated\u00a0by analogous experiences, I recommend both of these short pieces for anybody who is willing\u00a0to risk learning and understanding more about Muslims and Islam.<\/p>\n
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Caveat lector!<\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 My friend and BYU colleague Jim Toronto \u2014 a Harvard-trained Arabist and Islamicist who previously served as a mission president in Sicily and who is currently living in Istanbul, from which he presides over the units of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in\u00a0Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkey itself, Turkmenistan and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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