“You need to go back to the book!” He meant, of course, the Bible. We were quiet for a while as we drank another cup of coffee. Then Fadlallah shook his head sadly and said, “We Muslims also have a problem.” Now I was really curious. What did he believe was their big problem? His answer: “We Muslims aren’t following the life of the prophet Muhammad anymore.” I nodded my head, while thinking that not following Muhammad really wasn’t such a big problem. Then I asked, “So what is the solution?” “We have to go back to the book!” he answered. Of course he meant the Muslim book, the Qur’an, not the
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