A Young Muslim‟s Guide to the Religions in the World

Abstract

This Writtings is Illuminating, scholarly, and a superb work on comparative religion. It Indicates commonplace ideas and misconceptions about different religious beliefs. Syed Sajjad Hussain sheds light on the major religions– other than Islam– practiced across the globe such as Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism as well as some cults like Sikhism, Parseeism, Jainism, Animism and Paganism. He also discusses religions practiced in the modern West, China, and Japan since the ancient time to the present. Quite unprecedentedly, he examines the leading proponents of the discourse of comparative religion and locates them in their spatio-temporal contexts. Most importantly, his keen observation can potentially stir young Muslims to see beyond stereotypes and help them discover the dynamics of a greater world in terms of religion.