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True Islam: Lost in Translation
Contact between Islam and the West is 1400 years old. Both sides have had more than adequate time to become familiar with the other. Yet the world is still arguing about Islam’s teachings. Is Islam peaceful? Does it commend violence? Does Islam respect “the other”? Does Islam abuse women? Is Islam anti-Semitic? Does Islam teach the Torment of the Grave? Does Islam recommend the beating of wives? Do Muslim Scriptures commend Temporary Marriage of Pleasure? Did Zayd divorce Zaynab because he had no further need of her? All these questions are easy to settle for anyone who can read Islamic Scripture in Arabic. The author of this book is such a person. However, to answer all these question...
The Crusades: Motives, Methods and Moments
Although the crusades ended several hundred years ago, they remain a vexed issue today, not least for Muslims, who seem to evoke the crusades whenever the problem of contemporary Muslim violence is discussed. President Obama’s National Prayer Breakfast speech suggested that the crusades have robbed the West of the right to criticise Islamic violence. Were the crusades holy wars? Were there any other motives behind the crusades? Why have popes recently apologised to Muslims for the crusades? The crusades are examined against Christian and Muslim standards. Did the Roman Catholic Church use the Word of God appropriately? Could the crusades have been prevented by an earlier Protestant Reformation? The issue of a Just War is discussed. Can the crusades be justified from a Christian point of view? What preceded the crusades in Christian-Muslim relations? Are Muslims the victims of the crusades? Can the House of Islam justify continuing their war on Christians today because of the crusades? What can be learnt from the crusades?
The Other Anti-Semitism
In anti-Semitism we usually imagine the Jews to be the victims. In this book, the author shows the Jews to also be the aggressor, alongside the Muslims, both of whom have for centuries persecuted the Christians of the Middle East, a forgotten but not insignificant Semitic entity. After a survey of history interlaced with personal experience, the author sets a challenge for the world at large, the Christians, Jews and Muslims, to move and stem the rising tide of persecution of the forgotten Christians of the Middle East. The author shares a Semitic dream, based on tolerance, mutual respect, freedom of expression and the freedom to choose one's faith without fear or favour.
Bear the Cross, Then Wear the Crown
The early church followed Christ under much cultural, theological and political pressure. Jesus Christ wrote to the seven churches in order to counsel them, correct their ways and consolidate their faith. Do Jesus' letters to the first century seven churches of Asia Minor have any relevance for the modern church? How did the early church cope with pressure to conform? How did these churches view themselves, and how did Jesus view them? These questions are explored in detail by explaining the political, cultural and theological context of the first century AD.
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