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"A good shepherd lays down his life..."

Primatial sermon of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia after the funeral of Priest Daniel Sysoev

Books published by Fr. Daniel Editorial Board

Dear reader!

We present to you a book by Daniil Sysoev, a well-known public figure and priest, whose earthly life was tragically interrupted on November 20, 2009. According to one version of the criminal investigation, the murder was committed on religious grounds: because of his missionary and preaching activities among Muslims. The deceased was repeatedly threatened by representatives of an extremist group.

This publication "Islam. An Orthodox View" is a printed version of Fr. Daniel's video lectures distributed on the Internet. In them, the author, in the traditions of Orthodox comparative theology, gives a critical analysis of Islamic doctrine, and also analyzes the theological and mystical aspects of the life and work of the founder of Islam, Muhammad. Deep knowledge of the Holy Scriptures and Holy Tradition, wide erudition allowed Fr.

Daniel to create a vivid example of Orthodox polemics.

The publishers transferred the author's oral presentation to a sheet of paper, while preserving the personal intonations and individual features of Fr. Daniel's speech. A lot of scientific work was carried out: citations were checked in accordance with the original, inaccuracies were edited, references to the source and brief comments were given. All quotes from the Qur'an are given from the source: Qur'an / Translated from Arabic by acad. Krachkovsky. Moscow, 1990.

The book contains three chapters: 1. On Islam; 2. About Muhammad; 3. Answers to questions, as well as the biography of Fr. Daniel and "The Primatial Sermon of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia after the funeral of Priest Daniel Sysoev". Each of the chapters reveals not only the basic concepts of the Muslim faith, but also shows the salvific differences of the Christian confession. Despite the fact that fr.

Daniel always spoke in a reasoned and balanced manner, supporting his arguments with quotes from sources, not all modern religious scholars fully agree with his conclusions. Daniil Sysoev's speeches served as a reason for discussion among Orthodox theologians as well.

Fr. Daniel was distinguished by his originality of thought and creative activity. He had the gift of a true preacher and missionary, which opened to his listeners the only way leading to true joy in a world of great sorrow—the path to Christ. We hope that the living word of Fr. Daniel will become a help and support for many who are searching for the true meaning of man's earthly path. Blessed memory to him.

Forgive us, dear readers, for possible omissions. About Islam

Today we will not talk about Islam as such. And this topic, of course, will need to be touched upon, because very many people do not know what Islam is at all, they know something about traditional religion, only about good things... We will talk about this as well, but we will also talk about the special trends and forms that exist now, because many people, not understanding the real state of affairs, begin to say: "Why, Muslims commit terrorist acts, they are all terrorists there," or vice versa: "None of them is a terrorist, because this particular Muslim does not commit terrorist acts."

And this is due to the fact that people do not know what is the internal structure of the Islamic community, which is called "ummah" in Arabic[1]. We can evaluate this religious trend from the point of view of the Lord God.

Why do I speak from the point of view of the Lord God? Because we, Christians, try not to have our own point of view at all. It is not very interesting. As one English writer said, "You can have hundreds of thousands of points of view until you find the truth. Then there will be one point of view, the true one."