SECTION 14. RECOMMENDED BOOKS & BLOGS

 SECTION 14: 

RECOMMENDED BOOKS & BLOGS  

1. A List of Recommended Books:

1.    Secrets of the Koran by Don Richardson

2.    The Islamic Antichrist by John Preacher

3.    I Dared to Call Him Father... by Bilquis Sheikh

4.    Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi

5.    Ask your Muslim Friend by Dr. Andreas Maurer

6.    What the Koran Really Says: Language, Text and Commentary by Ibn Warraq.

7.    Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out by Ibn Warraq

8.    Why I Am Not A Moslem by Dr. Peter S. Ruckman

9.    The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam by Stephen J. Shoemaker 

10.The Deception of Allah (Vol 1) by Christian Prince

11.The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion by Robert Spencer

12.Questioning Islam: Tough Questions & Honest Answers About the Muslim Religion by Peter Townsend

13.The House Built on Sand by Peter Townsend

14.From Deception to The Truth, From Allah to God by Rev. Haitham Besmar

15.Welcome Home Mohammed by Christian Daniel

1.Secrets of the Koran by Don Richardson 

Forget all those evening news sound bites or diplomatically correct half-truths about the Koran and the religion of Islam. If you want to know what the Koran is really about, you have to know what it really says. Don Richardson gives you a nitty-gritty inside look at the Koran, helping to separate fact from fiction. These hard-hitting observations are not the author's opinion based on what he thinks the Koran seems to imply. 

Muslim boys are indoctrinated in military camps. Madrasa schools force memorization and repetition of the Koran, particularly those verses that promise heavenly rewards for martyrdom. It took courage to write this serious, documented, and well-sourced book. But the price of truth is courage, regardless of one's religion.

2.The Islamic Antichrist by John Preacher

God has begun to reveal that Islam will play the central role in the events of the last days. This book is meant to give you a basic understanding of those events which will play out. God told the prophet Daniel that the true understanding of his prophecy, would remain sealed until the time of the end.

Daniel 12:9-10 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed till the time of the end. Many shall purify themselves, and make themselves white, and be refined; but the wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand; but they that are wise shall understand.

As God unseals the understanding of the Last Days, we as a Church must not be ignorant of the Devil’s plans. We must expose them to the light of God’s Word. 

This new understanding of end time events is sweeping across Churches through many mighty men of God, like Joel Richardson, whom God has anointed to bring this understanding to the Churches. The astounding similarities between Islamic end time doctrine and Christian end time prophecy is too astonishing. 

Islam even has its own version of the Evil Beast from the Book of Revelation, whom Islam describes as “THE GOOD GUY” who will mark the foreheads of the followers of Islam in the Last Days. In these very days, God is unsealing his revelations, so that his Church will not be without knowledge in the coming days of Tribulation.

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3. I Dared to Call Him Father... by Bilquis Sheikh

I Dared to Call Him Father... is the fascinating true story of Bilquis Sheikh, a prominent Muslim woman. Her unusual journey to a personal relationship with God turned her world upside down-and put her life in danger.  Originally published in 1978, the book has sold 300,000 copies and is a classic in Muslim evangelism. The 25th anniversary edition includes an afterword by a missionary friend of Bilquis who plays a prominent role in the story and an appendix on how the East enriches the West.

4.Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi

In Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, (now expanded with new bonus content) Nabeel Qureshi describes his dramatic journey from Islam to Christianity, complete with friendships, investigations, and supernatural dreams along the way.

Providing an intimate window into a loving Muslim home, Qureshi shares how he developed a passion for Islam before discovering, almost against his will, evidence that Jesus rose from the dead and claimed to be God. Unable to deny the arguments but not wanting to deny his family, Qureshi struggled with an inner turmoil that will challenge Christians, Muslims, and all those who are interested in the world’s greatest religions.

Engaging and thought-provoking, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus tells a powerful story of the clash between Islam and Christianity in one man’s heart - and of the peace he eventually found in Jesus.

The New York Times bestselling Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus has been expanded to include:

• A revised foreword and introduction
• A new afterword by Mark Mittelberg and reflection by Nabeel's wife
• A substantially extended epilogue that shares how Nabeel told his friend David of his decision to follow Christ, how his parents found out, and much more.

5.Ask your Muslim Friend by Dr. Andreas Maurer

How did Islam Start and what does it teach? Which are its groups and movements? What are the biblical answers to Muslim objections? How can Christians interact with Muslims? These are just a few questions on which Dr. Andreas Maurer, theologian and expert on Christian-Muslim encounters, gives clear answers. Maurer sees the spread of Islam throughout the world not as a threat but as a challenge to the Christian church. He presents a compact and easily understood survey on the history of Islam, its teaching and religious background. 

Different groups and movements within Islam are also described. Readers will receive answers to Muslim objections and practical guidelines for interacting with Muslims. 

Preface: 

Since World War II, Islamic nations have gradually elevated themselves to become powerful religious and political entities. Due to unprecedented migration, many non-Muslims have become neighbours to Muslims in most non-Islamic countries. Recent events like the attack on September 11, 2001 in the USA, and countless terrorist attacks elsewhere have brought Islam to the forefront of attention, naturally raising questions about this religion. 

By now it has become evident that Islam is not a religion in the generally accepted sense i.e. a purely personal religious conviction. To the contrary, Islam claims that as a religion it stands above individuals and nations, above all spheres of life: faith, ethics, law, societal order, art, education, economy, and politics. 

In this book I endeavour to provide an overview of the religion of Islam and its rather vitriolic attacks against basic biblical faith. I will investigate how Christians can confidently and lovingly relate to their Muslim neighbours in an effort to rectify their often strange perceptions. Efforts have been made to formulate the text for easy comprehension. 

For a deeper study of the subject, readers are advised to contact our website and/or use the literature recommended in the Appendix. 

This book is written in a structured way to give basic insight into the religion of Islam and how Muslims practice their religion. After this book, readers may realize that in many cases they know more about Islam than the average Muslim does. 

However, the aim is not that Christians can correct Muslims about their beliefs. Instead, Christians should demonstrate a keen interest in what Muslims have to say. 

The information herein may contrast with statements by Muslims and help Christians to differentiate between facts and wishful thinking of Muslims. On this basis, Christians are then able to formulate more effective questions to challenge Muslims to think about the relationship between themselves and the Creator. 

Rather than immediately present answers, it is better that Muslims are first challenged to think and find answers themselves. Only later may Christians share their faith with Muslims and explain the teaching of the Bible. 

The aim of this book is thus to equip Christians to be more effective in their witness to Muslims. 

6.What the Koran Really Says: Language, Text and Commentary by Ibn Warraq.

This excellent collection of critical commentaries on the Koran brings together outstanding articles by noted scholars from the beginning of the 20th century to recent times. These important studies, as well as the editor's own lengthy introduction, show that little about the text of the Koran can be taken at face value. Among the fascinating topics discussed is evidence that early Muslims did not understand Muhammad's original revelation, that the ninth-century explosion of literary activity was designed to organize and make sense of an often incoherent text, and that much of the traditions surrounding Muhammad's life were fabricated long after his death in an attempt to give meaning to the Koran. 

Also of interest are suggestions that Coptic and other Christian sources heavily influenced much of the text and that some passages reflect even an Essenian background reaching back to the community of the Dead Sea Scrolls. 

7.Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out by Ibn Warraq

In the West abandoning one's religion (apostasy) can be a difficult, emotional decision, which sometimes has social repercussions. However, in culturally diverse societies where there is a mixture of ethnic groups and various philosophies of life, most people look upon such shifts in intellectual allegiance as a matter of personal choice and individual right. By contrast, in Islam apostasy is still viewed as an almost unthinkable act, and in orthodox circles it is considered a crime punishable by death. Renowned scholar of Islamic Studies Bernard Lewis described the seriousness of leaving the Islamic faith in the following dire terms: "Apostasy was a crime as well as a sin, and the apostate was damned both in this world and the next. His crime was treason – desertion and betrayal of the community to which he belonged, and to which he owed loyalty; his life and property were forfeit. He was a dead limb to be excised." Defying the death penalty applicable to all apostates in Islam, the ex-Muslims who are here represented feel it is their duty to speak up against their former faith, to tell the truth about the fastest growing religion in the world. These former Muslims, from all parts of the Islamic world, recount how they slowly came to realize that the religion into which they were born was in many respects unbelievable and sometimes even dangerous. These memoirs of personal journeys to enlightenment and intellectual freedom make for moving reading and are a courageous signal to other ex-Muslims to come out of the closet.

In the West abandoning one's religion (apostasy) can be a difficult, emotional decision, which sometimes has social repercussions. However, in culturally diverse societies where there is a mixture of ethnic groups and various philosophies of life, most people look upon such shifts in intellectual allegiance as a matter of personal choice and individual right. By contrast, in Islam apostasy is still viewed as an almost unthinkable act, and in orthodox circles it is considered a crime punishable by death. Renowned scholar of Islamic Studies Bernard Lewis described the seriousness of leaving the Islamic faith in the following dire terms: "Apostasy was a crime as well as a sin, and the apostate was damned both in this world and the next. His crime was treason – desertion and betrayal of the community to which he belonged, and to which he owed loyalty; his life and property were forfeit. He was a dead limb to be excised." Defying the death penalty applicable to all apostates in Islam, the ex-Muslims who are here represented feel it is their duty to speak up against their former faith, to tell the truth about the fastest growing religion in the world. These former Muslims, from all parts of the Islamic world, recount how they slowly came to realize that the religion into which they were born was in many respects unbelievable and sometimes even dangerous. These memoirs of personal journeys to enlightenment and intellectual freedom make for moving reading and are a courageous signal to other ex-Muslims to come out of the closet.

8.Why I Am Not A Moslem by Dr. Peter S. Ruckman

This is the testimony of a man who has read through the Koran seventeen times, and has been an ardent student of “Islam” for many years. Being familiar with the material put out by the official Islamic publishing company in Lahore, Pakistan, Dr. Ruckman presents the reasons why he rejects Mohammedanism based on the false cover-up of its “prophet” and book, and its false attitude toward all non-Moslems. The author has read and studied the Koran both before and after his conversion to Biblical Christianity and has come to the conclusion that Islam is bereft of any joy, assurance of salvation or eternal life, and does nothing but reinforce the baser lusts of the sinful, Adamic, carnal nature. It is the perfect religion for fornicating killers.

9.The Death of a Prophet: The End of Muhammad's Life and the Beginnings of Islam by Stephen J. Shoemaker (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion) 

The oldest Islamic biography of Muhammad, written in the mid-eighth century, relates that the prophet died at Medina in 632, while earlier and more numerous Jewish, Christian, Samaritan, and even Islamic sources indicate that Muhammad survived to lead the conquest of Palestine, beginning in 634-35. Although this discrepancy has been known for several decades, Stephen J. Shoemaker here writes the first systematic study of the various traditions.

Using methods and perspectives borrowed from biblical studies, Shoemaker concludes that these reports of Muhammad's leadership during the Palestinian invasion likely preserve an early Islamic tradition that was later revised to meet the needs of a changing Islamic self-identity. Muhammad and his followers appear to have expected the world to end in the immediate future, perhaps even in their own lifetimes, Shoemaker contends. When the eschatological Hour failed to arrive on schedule and continued to be deferred to an ever more distant point, the meaning of Muhammad's message and the faith that he established needed to be fundamentally rethought by his early followers.

The larger purpose of The Death of a Prophet exceeds the mere possibility of adjusting the date of Muhammad's death by a few years; far more important to Shoemaker are questions about the manner in which Islamic origins should be studied. The difference in the early sources affords an important opening through which to explore the nature of primitive Islam more broadly. Arguing for greater methodological unity between the study of Christian and Islamic origins, Shoemaker emphasizes the potential value of non-Islamic sources for reconstructing the history of formative Islam.

10.The Deception of Allah (Vol 1) by Christian Prince 

The Deception of Allah is about The faith of Islam. The name of this book is taken from Qur'an 3:54, which says, "plus they deceived and Allah deceived and Allah is the best of deceivers." 

V1 exposes some of the claims of Muslims about the Qur'an and scientific miracles, but In V 2 (Qur'an And Science in Depth) of the book covers the rest of it. The book is made to be a powerful tool in your hand to prevent any kind of deception can come to you or your family. Muslims are trying to spread Islam all over USA and the rest of the world by deception, using the ignorance of the Western regarding Islam, and Arabic language, imagine your son or daughter coming back from school and telling you I became a Muslim, I'm sure you don't want this to happen to your house and your family, and the best way to prevent it is education, this book is nothing more than masterpiece of education,every page in this book come with the actual text and sources with real translation, with no Political Correctness and the Totalitarian Mentality," The Deception of Allah Volume I" addresses the things you need to know about Islam, basing its information on citations and quotes from accepted Islamic sources. The author shoots down one myth and misconception after another by revealing exactly what the Qur'an, Sunnah and Tafsirs (commentaries) say about each subject. The author is a native Arabic speaker He got a degree in Islamic Law (Sharia Law) & Civil Law. Which make him qualified to be a Judge in Islamic court,who has intimate knowledge of the foundation Islamic texts. He uses this knowledge to address an expansive list of topics representing typical questions or myths about Islam. The coverage of each topic includes explanation and specific relevant quotes from Islamic sources. "The Deception of Allah" is a must read for anyone wanting to understand Islam and its relevance to western civilization. don't forget to get your copy of Qur'an And Science in Depth.

Note you can read Christian Prince books in German, French, Swedish, and very soon in Spanish and Russian.

11.The Truth About Muhammad: Founder of the World's Most Intolerant Religion by Robert Spencer 

Muhammad: a frank look at his influential (and violent) life and teachings.

In The Truth about Muhammad, New York Times bestselling author and Islam expert Robert Spencer offers an honest and telling portrait of the founder of Islam-perhaps the first such portrait in half a century-unbounded by fear and political correctness, unflinching, and willing to face the hard facts about Muhammad's life that continue to affect our world today.

From Muhammad's first "revelation" from Allah (which filled him with terror that he was demon possessed) to his deathbed (from which he called down curses upon Jews and Christians), it's all here-told with extensive documentation from the sources that Muslims themselves consider most reliable about Muhammad.

Spencer details Muhammad's development from a preacher of hellfire and damnation into a political and military leader who expanded his rule by force of arms, promising his warriors luridly physical delights in Paradise if they were killed in his cause. He explains how the Qur'an's teaching on warfare against unbelievers developed-with constant war to establish the hegemony of Islamic law as the last stage.

Spencer also gives the truth about Muhammad's convenient "revelations" justifying his own licentiousness; his joy in the brutal murders of his enemies; and above all, his clear marching orders to his followers to convert non-Muslims to Islam-or force them to live as inferiors under Islamic rule.

In The Truth about Muhammad, you'll learn

- The truth about Muhammad's multiple marriages (including one to a nine-year-old) - How Muhammad set legal standards that make it virtually impossible to prove rape in Islamic countries - How Muhammad's example justifies jihad and terrorism - The real "Satanic verses" incident (not the Salman Rushdie version) that remains a scandal to Muslims - How Muhammad's faulty knowledge of Judaism and Christianity has influenced Islamic theology--and colored Muslim relations with Jews and Christians to this day.

Recognizing the true nature of Islam, Spencer argues, is essential for judging the prospects for largescale Islamic reform, the effective prosecution of the War on Terror, the democracy project in Afghanistan and Iraq, and immigration and border control to protect the United States from terrorism.

12. Questioning Islam: Tough Questions & Honest Answers About the Muslim Religion by Peter Townsend

Many questions are currently being asked about the place of Islam in the modern world. Among these questions the most important one of all sometimes gets lost: Is Islam true? With his new book author Peter Townsend invites you to accompany him on a journey through the foundational texts of the Muslim religion. In the process the truth-claims of Islam will be respectfully, honestly and impartially evaluated. Along the way the following questions will be asked:

•Can the traditional Islamic historical accounts be trusted?
•Is the Qur’an a ‘Perfect Book, Perfectly Preserved’?
•Was Muhammad indeed a ‘Beautiful Pattern of Conduct’?
The answers to these questions will not be sought from modern commentaries on Islam. Instead Questioning Islam goes straight to the classic sources of Islam namely the Qur’an, hadiths (traditions) and biographies of Muhammad.
Questioning Islam is not an attempt to promote any other belief system or ideology. Its focus is simply on asking the hard questions about Islam that are all too often ignored or swept under the carpet. Simply put, if you have ever wondered whether the truth-claims of Islam can withstand critical scrutiny then this book is for you!

13.The House Built on Sand by Peter Townsend

What does it take to radically alter the course of someone’s life? In the case of Emad Almasry, an archeologist with the Egyptian Ministry for Antiquities, it took a clay jar. 

Its discovery, under Egypt’s oldest mosque, set in motion a series of events that threatened the very existence of Egypt’s Coptic community. Emad very quickly learns that the only way he could keep the hammer blow from falling was to dig deep into the origins of Islam.
Will he be able to force the past to yield its secrets? Would he have the courage to follow the evidence wherever it leads? What happens when firm foundations turn out to be built on sand? 

Join Emad and his friends as they chase after truths that would not only alter the course of their own lives but that would ripple out from Egypt to affect all who turn to the ‘mother of all cities’ to pray.

Other Books by Peter Townsend...

14.From Deception to The Truth, From Allah to God by Rev. Haitham Besmar

A testimony of how Jesus (Yeshua) the Messiah showed up in person to save me from my deathbed and the deception of Islam after 50 years of devotion to Islam.

15. Welcome Home Mohammed by Christian Daniel

Need a gift for your Muslim friend? Or do you simply want to learn more about Islam? Check this out, I promise you will learn some things. Are you a Christian and perhaps you don't know how to share the Gospel with your Muslim friend? Get them this book God said "I will put My laws into their minds, And I will write them on their hearts. And I will be their God, And they shall be My people.". Therefore I believe that we are capable of recognizing the truth if we see it. “God wrote the laws in our hearts” (Romans 2:12-16). 

In this book, I will prove that despite the author's claims, the verses in the Quran are not from God, and definitely not from the same God of the Christians and Jews. I will list for you just 10 reasons why Islam is false “And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free,” John 8:32. Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life”.

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