Islamic revival movement quietly sweeps Middle East
(The Christian Science Monitor) Abu Murad surveyed the captive audience in the mosque in West Amman, Jordan.
“I was a Muslim,” he began, “but I did not know Islam.”
He talked about his past failings, of being too distracted by worldly pleasures to pray regularly. He evoked tales of the prophet Muhammad’s companions who trekked hundreds of miles and braved bandits and armies to spread the word of Islam in the seventh century.
