Quote of the day
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
Samuel Marinus Zwemer
Born: April 12, 1867
Died: April 2, 1952 (aged 84)
Bio: Samuel Marinus Zwemer, nicknamed The Apostle to Islam, was an American missionary, traveler, and scholar. He was born at Vriesland, Michigan. In 1887 he received an A.B. from Hope College, Holland, Mich., and in 1890, he received an M.A.
Known for:
- Arabia, the cradle of Islam (1900)
- The Moslem Doctrine of God
- Raymond Lull (1902)
- The Glory of the Cross
- The Law of Apostasy in Islam