Martin Forward is a

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, Methodist Christian lecturer and

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and

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of History at

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. He has taught

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at the

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and

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, and had spent a period of time in

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where he was ordained into the Church of South India. He was also a senior tutor and lecturer in

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and

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(Wesley House, Cambridge), and was a member of the Cambridge University Faculty of Divinity. Currently, he is the Executive Director of

's Wackerlin Center for Faith and Action and the Helena Wackerlin

of Religion,Aurora University faculty
and has participated in numerous

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dialogues. He has authored a number of books related to Islam and

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, such as "''Muhammad: A Short Biography''" and "''Jesus: A Short Biography''" respectively.

Books

*''Muhammad: A Short Biography (1998). Oxford: Oneworld. . '' *''The Failure Of Islamic Modernism?: Syed Ameer Ali's Interpretation Of Islam (1999). Peter Lang Publishing. .''

References

External links

The Prophet Muhammad: A mercy to mankind
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