Educational Resource
What Catholics Should Know About Islam (2008)
What Catholics Should Know About Islam by Sandra Toenies Keating, Edited by Father Juan-Diego Brunetta, O.P., Director of the Catholic Information Service, Knights of Columbus Supreme Council, New Haven, Connecticut
The Knights of Columbus presents The Veritas Series, "Proclaiming the Faith in the Third Millennium"
"In recent times, especially after the terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in 2001, the Islamic world has become a focus of global attention. Most non-Muslims know little of the religion of Islam, and confusing and conflicting statements coming from the mainstream media and the Islamic community itself have done little to help.
The purpose of this booklet is to give a basic overview of the origins of the religion of Islam and its early history, as well as some of the central beliefs and practices of Muslims. In addition, several recent statements made by the Roman Catholic Church concerning its relationship to Muslims are presented here. This pamphlet makes no attempt to cover every aspect of Islamic beliefs, or of Catholic doctrine on other religions. Rather, it is intended to be an introduction to what every Catholic should know about Islam in order to more fully live Church teaching and to understand events occurring in the world today."