Muslim Views of Heaven Mark Anderson The Muslim view of heaven comes from the Qur’an’s focus on luxury, leisure, and sensual pleasures. But the vision is… Is Mecca Really the Birthplace of Islam? Mark Anderson For well over a millennium Muslims have revered Mecca as the site of their holiest shrine, the Kaaba. And until… Islam’s Sunni Shia Split Mark Anderson The world’s Muslims fall into two major camps, Sunni and Shia, sometimes likened to Christianity’s Catholics and Protestants. But the… Are The Qur’an & Bible Really So Different? Mark Anderson The Qur’an presents itself as the Bible’s sequel and always refers to the biblical Torah (al-tawrat), Psalms (al-zabur) and New…