The Vision Of An Unknown Indian: My Journey To Interfaith Spirituality

In this book I have recounted important facets of the story of my inner intellectual and spiritual growth. It is the story of how a relatively dogmatic model of Islam developed into the paradigm that I now accept. In one sentence my journey has taken me from an honest acceptance that Muslims alone will win salvation to an equally honest acceptance of the beauty and validity of inter-faith spirituality. More importantly my reasons for accepting so are derived not merely from my study of philosophy but also and very much so from the study of the Quran in the perspective of history. My paradigm of Quranic Islam may be termed as Spirit-centered Humanism to distinguish it from Neutral or Scientific Humanism. And I submit that this interpretation of Islam which I have come to accept after years of thought and reflection fully satisfies the most rigorous intellectual criteria. In Part A I give a brief account of my mental and spiritual growth at different stages of my life. In Part B I briefly describe my image of India based on critical history.