There is an entire book dedicated to the Blessed Mother in the Quran and she's mentioned in Islam's holy book 34 times in the Quran

Mary's holiness is celebrated and it's second only to Muhammad's daughter Fatima.

What rule does our lady play in a conversation between Catholics and Muslims. Welcome to the Catholic Podcast. I'm your host for today's episode Chloe Langer and

I'm joined today by Dr. Troy Henkel. He's the co-founder and vice president of

Holy Family School of Faith here in the Archdiocese of

Kansas City in Kansas an organization whose mission is to build the church by

training missionary disciples. Welcome to the show Troy thanks for coming.

Chloe thank you for having me. So in this episode we're going to be talking about Islam, how Mary offers a unique bridge between

Catholicism and Islam, and how Mary is a fierce warrior, ultimately the victory is going to be won

by the Blessed Mother.

But before we talk by the Blessed Mother.

But before we talk about the Blessed Mother's role, Troy,

can you just give us a brief history about Islam,

where the religion gets its roots,

and how it kind of spread throughout the world?

Yes, I'll do my best, Chloe.

I know enough to be dangerous.

Islam, of course, is an Arabic word that means submit.

And it is a religion that was founded by a man named Mohammed

who lived in the Arabian Peninsula. He was born in the year 570 AD.

His mother died while he was in childbirth with him, then his father died when he was about five.

So he was raised by an uncle, a man named Abu Talib, and his uncle was a merchant

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