[islam from inside Islam from inside is a collection of articles exploring Islam and the wider world from an esoteric, philosophical, reflective perspective expressive of my encounter with religion, and as an exploration of religion in the wider world. From the nature of existence and creation, to ideological politics and terrorism, from the environment and religious responsibility to the September 11th attacks, from Muhammad to the nature of Jesus, from the Qur'an to the Bible, from the nature of belief to the nature of time and existence - a diverse rang of topics are covered in these essays - all of them beginning from an internal Muslim perspective, one that is centered on the Qur'an as the point of departure and the point of return.]