W. Robert Godfrey

It's submission to the will, to the moral revelation of God.

It's pretty radically deterministic.

The pious Muslim can't be entirely assured of salvation either.

That's in the hands of Allah.

There's a kind of fatalism that pervades the religion.

It is interesting that the great cry of the Muslim is, God is great.

And that does perhaps most accurately capture their vision of God.

God is great.

It's interesting when you look at the Old Testament, there are plenty of statements that God is great.

But if you had to find a dominant Old Testament statement, it would be, God is good.

And I think there's a real contrast between the religions there in terms of their emphasis.

Now, I'm sure a Muslim would say that their God is good, but the emphasis is really on the greatness, the transcendence, the holiness, the almost abstractness of God who must be served and to whom one can look for little…

goodness or encouragement or love, support.

The moral requirements of Islam are relatively simple.

No alcohol, no pork.

There is to be a month of fasting annually.

There is to be daily prayers.

There is to be Friday worship.

The daily prayers are to be recited five times a day facing Mecca.

There is to be a month of fasting.