M. Burke's first-hand account of his modern-day pilgrimage begins in a school built like a medieval rock fortress hidden in northern India. From there he takes the reader to monasteries where ancient lore is still taught, along the pilgrim road to forbidden Mecca and into the heart and mind of Asia. Burke's experiences with living Sufis and their teachings, practices and actions clearly dispel the notion of Sufism as a phenomenon of the past. Speaking several Oriental languages, traveling as a dervish pilgrim, O. M. Burke lived and studied with ancient communities in the Near and Middle East. This first-hand report is no ordinary book of travel.

    Idries Shah's books have been described in The Guardian as a 'peepshow into a world which most people do not imagine exists, a world light-years away from the arid, near-incomprehensible sophistries of the pedantic and modish Sufists who have turned the subject into an intellectual game, regarding it as their private preserve.'

    At its centre was a man who bore the Hausa name Shehu Usuman dan Fodio - the Shaikh 'Uthman, son of Fodio. The movement he led, and the successful jihad, or holy war, he fought to reform Islam in Hausaland, brought about significant changes in Africa.

    Ranked the number one most influential person in human history—not by a Muslim but a Westerner, Muhammad has become a target for generations of missionaries and orientalists who have aroused suspicions and propagated allegations against the man and his message.This audiobook explores some of the main issues surrounding Muhammad’s prophethood (peace be upon him).Was Muhammad a true prophet of God or an imposter?If he was truthful, did he unconsciously fabricate a religion?Is the Qur'aan plagiarized from Judaeo Christian sources?No stranger to both sides' arguments, Dr. Jamal Badawi subjects these issues to rational analysis, steering clear of both blind acceptance and prejudicial rejection.