Realities of Sufism, the Shaykh's only book, takes readers on a journey to the heart of Islam. Expositing on the foundations of Islam's spiritual path, Sufism, Shaykh `Abd al-Qadir simultaneously describes the workings of the path of excellence-ihsan-and answers the doubts of the orientalists, modernists, and would be Islamic revivalists. Some of the topics in this book include: the history...

Seinen Grundsatz, den Glauben im Handeln zu verwirklichen, lebte der Theologe Dietrich Bonhoeffer mutig und konsequent. Nach Hitlers »Machtergreifung« verurteilte er öffentlich die Judenverfolgung und arbeitete engagiert für die Bekennende Kirche. Bonhoeffers Nähe zum wehrmachtsinternen Widerstand führte 1943 zu seiner Inhaftierung. Wenige Monate vor seiner Hinrichtung im KZ Flossenbürg 1945...

The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest works of fiction, written long before Homer's ‘Iliad’ and ‘Odyssey,’ the greatest literary masterpiece of the Ancient East, which for the first time describes the myth of the Great Flood. The reader is presented with the story of the glorious deeds of the demigod king-warrior Gilgamesh (whose image is based on a real historical figure, Bilgames, the...