About Islam

ISLAM means "Submission" (Surah At-Taubah 9:29):

"Fight against those who believe not in Allah, nor in the Last Day, nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (Islam) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued."

The JEWISH VIRTUAL LIBRARY has a page of web links on Islam and the Muslim World. The links often go to source organizations, such as the State of Saudi Arabia for example, so that you can obtain several perspectives on a subject.

"Christianity Today" has a brief article that gives a simplified overview of world religions: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism. Click to go there.

Please note: God works with, judges, loves and seeks to redeem individual persons in spite of the specific nature of his or her sin and unbelief, including Muslims. Comments and statements about any religious faith do not apply to every follower of that religion.

A summary of the relationships between Abraham's sons.

IS THE GOD OF MUHAMMAD THE FATHER OF JESUS?, By Timothy George
Posted 02/01/2002. The answer to this question reveals the heart of our faith. We've also been reminded that Islam, along with Judaism and Christianity, is one of the three monotheistic faiths. Some take that fact and assume that all three faiths are just one great religion, or three equally valid pathways to the same God.

But at this historical moment, when Islam is in our consciousness as never before, we need to look at that claim more closely, especially in regard to Islam. One of the better ways to get at an answer is to focus the question like this: Is the Father of Jesus the God of Muhammad? And what difference does the answer make?

[This is one of the best summary articles I have found. It covers Christian and Muslim issues of faith as well as balanced guidance on interfaith relationships between Christians and Muslims. It also has a good list of additional links at the end of the article. -cjp]

The future is Muslim, European or American, By Dennis Prager

Islam in Focus - the web site of Dr. Anis Shorrosh

Background information, news analysis, and tools for witnesses to Muslims.

I Was a Daughter of Islam, By Rockie

What I discovered when I lifted the veil on my world.

Understand Nigeria and you understand the Islamic threat, By Dennis Prager

The War Between the God of Israel and the God of Islam, By Joel Chernoff (launches an Adobe .pdf document)

What does the Koran say about the Jewish people living in their promised land?

SURAH 5:20-21 from the KORAN
"And when Musa (Moses), said to his people (Israel): O my people! Remember the favor of Allah upon you when he raised prophets among you, and made you kings, and gave you what He had not given to any other among the nations. O my people! enter the holy land which Allah has prescribed for you, and turn not on your backs, for then you will turn back losers."

[The problem is that this verse from the Koran is swamped by the many others in it that rail against Jews and Christians. While the promises of the Land of Israel to the descendants of Jacob rest on the Bible empowered by resurrection of Yeshua/Jesus as the future King of Israel, this quote from the Koran should definitely inspire honest Moslems to question the prevailing Islamic view that the Jewish State of Israel occupies "Arab" land. -cjp]