The Mosque: The Heart of Submission

The Mosque

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««Àœ>V ˆ˜} /À>`ˆÌˆœ˜ 2USMIR -AHMUTCEHAJIC /À>˜Ã>Ìi` LÞ ->L> ,ˆÃ>Õ``ˆ˜ >˜` À>˜VˆÃ ,° œ˜ià &ORDHAM 5NIVERSITY 0RESS .EW 9ORK Óääx  ´ ´ The Mosque The Heart of Submission 2006 Copyright 䉷 2006 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. The Abrahamic Dialogues Series, No. 3 ISSN 1548-4130 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mahmutćehajić, Rusmir, 1948– The mosque : the heart of submission / Rusmir Mahmutćehajić.— 1st ed. p. cm. — (The Abrahamic dialogues series, ISSN 1548-4130 ; no. 3) Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8232-2584-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Mosques. 2. Salat. 3. Islam—Essence, genius, nature. I. Title. II. Series. BP187.62.M34 2006 297.2—dc22 2005032422 Printed in the United States of America 07 06 5 4 3 2 1 First edition In memory of my friend Harald de Meyenburg ...