Muslim Theology

A Scholarly Response to Contemporary Criticisms of Islam Clear Answers to Complex Questions About the Islamic Faith In an age of widespread misinformation about Islam, this comprehensive work by renowned Islamic scholar Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi provides thoughtful, evidence-based responses to common misconceptions and criticisms. Drawing from decades of scholarship, this book offers readers a deeper understanding of Islamic teachings and their practical applications. 📚 What You'll Discover: Comprehensive Coverage of Key Topics: ✓ Women's Rights in Islam - Authentic Islamic perspectives on...

You think you know about Islam. But, did you know that Islam teaches that Muslims must wage war to impose Islamic law on non-Muslim states, or that American Muslim groups are engaged in a huge cover-up of Islamic doctrine? These and other "politically incorrect" facts are revealed by Robert Spencer in The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades).

This book describes and explains the major events, personalities, conflicts, and convergences that have shaped the history of the Muslim world. The body of the work takes listeners from the origins of Islam to the eve of the nineteenth century, and an epilogue continues the story to the present day. Michael Cook thus provides a broad history of a civilization remarkable for both its unity and diversity.

On account of the superficial points of agreement between Islam and Christianity, many don't see how tremendously deep the divides between them really are, and fewer still have considered the evidence for each faith. How is jihad different from the Crusades? Can we know the life of Jesus as well as the life of Muhammad? What reason is there to believe in one faith over the other, and what difference can the Gospel really make?

In this book, Mustafa Akyol, senior fellow at the Cato Institute and opinion writer for The New York Times, both diagnoses “the crisis of Islam” in the modern world and offers a way forward. Diving deep into Islamic theology, and also sharing lessons from his own life story, he reveals how Muslims lost the universalism that made them a great civilization in their earlier centuries.

The Holy Quran for Educating the Child transforms the Quran into a modern and useful educational tool for parents and teachers, and thereby renders the beneficial power of the Quran widely accessible. The Holy Quran for Educating the Child interweaves the Quran, in unprecedented fashion, with modern educational approach, thereby helping the Islamic world and the West to better understand each other. The Holy Quran for Educating the Child celebrates and reveals the beauty of the Quran and its respect for human dignity. Thus, it both refutes various prejudices against Islam, and provides a ...

The Islamic Perspective on Hoor and Jannah: Understanding Paradise, Celestial Companions, and Spiritual Rewards in Islamic Theology By Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Shams Step into the eternal promise of Paradise through the lens of Islamic theology. In this profound work, Dr. Iftekhar Ahmed Shams explores the Qur’anic and Hadith-based insights on Jannah (Heaven) and the role of Hoor al-‘Ayn (celestial companions), illuminating the spiritual and symbolic meanings behind these divine rewards. With clarity and depth, the book examines: The reality of Jannah as described in the Qur’an and Sunnah. ...

What do Jewish people believe? What do Muslims believe? Do you have answers ready for a Mormon or a Jehovah’s Witness? Have you ever wished that there was a resource to review the systematic theology of other religions? Now there is one! Using mostly original sources, What Do They Believe? will help you to get an accurate understanding of what other religions believe. Michael Abd El-Massih, founder and executive director of Arabic Bible Outreach Ministry: "I was glued to your description of Islam and its teaching and kept reading and reading. Well done—you are an excellent writer and a ...

Miraculous Movement recounts an amazing change taking place within Muslim communities where the truth of Jesus Christ is turning around the lives of many thousands of Muslims from more than 20 people groups. Discover through the sometimes humorous, often sobering, but always enlightening and encouraging true stories how imams, sheikhs, and entire mosques are forsaking Islam and embracing Christ.

Islam is a religion, a culture, and a political system. The political system has its own body of laws, called the Sharia, which is derived from the Koran, the Sira (Mohammed’s biography) and the Hadith (Mohammed’s traditions). The Sharia is Allah’s law and is considered superior to all other man-made laws. Many Sharia laws concern non-Muslims and how they are to be treated. Every demand that Muslims make is based on the idea of implementing Sharia law in our countries.

What if every Name of Allah was not just a title—but a doorway? Reflections of Divine Light: Meditations on the 99 Names of Allah is a heart-awakening journey through the Beautiful Names of God (al-Asmā’ al-Ḥusnā)—not as abstract theology, but as living realities that shape how we see ourselves, the world, and the Divine. Spanning the Names of Majesty (Jalāl), Beauty (Jamāl), Guidance (Hudā), and Reality (Ḥaqq), this deeply reflective book offers: Insightful explanations of each Name with Qur’anic context Personal meditations to connect with the Names in daily life Duʿās ...

Throughout human history on earth, God has sent back his messengers to bring the message of a single deity and create religions that would unite different geographic areas of the world. In the sixth century, he sent back the Prophet muhammad to form the Islamic faith. His words have created a religion with almost two billion followers. While his words acvocate that followers pursue worship in the way that makes them feel most comfortable, these channelings bring advice to help Muslims advance in the modern world. Non-Muslims will learn and better understand the religion followed by almost ...

A Bold, Biblical, and Compassionate Response to Islam In Grace and Truth: Paul, the Gospel, and the Challenge of Islam, author and theologian Tim Orr delivers a powerful new resource for Christians seeking to faithfully engage Muslims with the gospel of Jesus Christ. This groundbreaking book goes beyond traditional apologetics to engage deeply with the theological core of Islam. Instead, it wrestles deeply with the theological core of Islam and offers a rich, Pauline vision of gospel witness that is both uncompromising and grace-filled. Structured around four pivotal questions—What is the...

Chris White critiques all the major arguments from Islamic Antichrist proponents such as Joel Richardson and Walid Shoebat in a respectful but poignant way. He uses sound methods of biblical interpretation to show that the Islamic Antichrist theory is seriously flawed.

In Crucible of Light, Elizabeth Drayson pulls together the epic interwoven history of the Muslim and Christian worlds over an 800-year span, taking in the conquest and re-conquest of Spain, the meteoric rise of Arabo-Norman Sicily, the Ottoman renaissance of the 16th to 18th centuries, the ebb...

Understanding the Koran gives you an essential grasp of Islam's holy book: where it came from, what it teaches, how Muslims view it, and how the Allah of the Koran compares with the God of the Bible.

"If you're a fan of the thought-provoking works of David Wood and Christian Prince, you will enjoy this book." The authors boldly delve into the lives of Muhammad and Jesus, peeling back the layers of mystery surrounding these iconic figures. Unravel the enigma that lies at the heart of their legacies in the pages of this captivating book. Countless charismatic cult leaders have emerged from the depths of deserts and dunes, caves and crypts, demanding unquestioning allegiance to their whims and lusts. Were Muhammad and Jesus mere self-serving cult leaders? Or is there a deeper truth, ...

God of Verbs Vs. God of Nouns: A Divine Trilogy A living covenant for a world longing to heal. What if faith was never meant to be a static label — a noun — but a living verb? What if the Torah, Gospel, and Qur’an were not competing revelations, but three chapters in one unfolding covenant, calling humanity not to argue, but to act? God of Verbs Vs. God of Nouns: A Divine Trilogy is a groundbreaking work of theology, storytelling, and soul-work. Through the eyes of Selah — a seeker whose journey takes her from Jerusalem’s ancient stones to the quiet corners of human pain — this ...

Muslims who come to Christ face momentous spiritual, psychological and social obstacles that drive many to abandon their faith. Often conversion and discipleship are framed by individualistic Western models that do not acknowledge the communal cultural forces that constrain and shape new believers. Effective discipleship requires a more relational, holistic process of Christian identity development and spiritual formation in community.

With its emphasis on relation over substance and possibility over predetermined endings, open and relational theology provides a way forward for both Muslims and Christians. This way, as “Open and Relational Theology and its Social and Political Implications: Muslim and Christian Perspectives” posits, aligns beautifully with important and ancient thinking from both traditions. Our world desperately needs “people of the book” to pursue cooperation over competition. Open and relational theology affords us that possibility. These essays were presented in their original forms at a ...