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August 2005: UNDERSTANDING ISLAM

A Briefing Paper from Christian Voice

Copyright August 2005, Stephen Green (author) Christian Voice (publisher). 

Islam (which means 'Submission', in particular, submission to 'Allah') is the world's fastest-growing major religion and the second-biggest after Christianity.  Islam is estimated to have as many as 1.3 billion followers, 21% of the world's population, compared with possibly 2.1 billion Christians (33%) and 900 million Hindus (14%).   The United Kingdom is of course overwhelmingly Christian, with 70% of the population describing themselves thus.  However, discounting atheism, Islam is the second biggest religion in the United Kingdom, with some 1.6 million adherents, forming almost 2.7% of the population.  The Muslim population is heavily concentrated around the M1 corridor from London to Leeds and Manchester in England and in the far south east in Wales and is growing by conversion, immigration and by means of a higher birth-rate than other groups. 

Circumstances demand that Christians are well-informed about Islam, and this paper is an attempt to understand and condense a mass of available information.  The author hopes that understanding more about Islam will help Christians better expound their own faith, pray for government, evangelise amongst Muslims, and that if those things happen, this work will in some small way help to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ, who alone is the Way, the Truth and the Life.

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Contents:

  1. WHAT IS ISLAM?
  2. THE FOUNDING OF ISLAM
  3. ISLAM BECOMES ESTABLISHED
  4. WHO IS 'ALLAH'?
  5. WHY IS SATAN FOR MONOTHEISM?
  6. ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY DIFFER
  7. ERRORS IN THE QURAN
  8. QURAN AND HADITH
  9. QURAN "A MESS"
  10. MOHAMMED'S OWN LIFE
  11. NASKH  - ABROGATION
  12. TAKEYYA - DECEPTION
  13. FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM
  14. JIHAD: SIXTH PILLAR OF ISLAM
  15. SUICIDE OR MARTYRDOM?
  16. THE MARTYRS' PARADISE
  17. BOTH PEACE & TERROR IN ISLAM
  18. JEWS SINGLED OUT FOR HATRED
  19. KILL THEM WHEREVER ...
  20. ISLAMIC JIHAD
  21. MODERN MUSLIM TERRORISM
  22. A WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC STATE
  23. ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE
  24. ISLAMIC AMBITION
  25. THE 'COVENANT OF SECURITY'
  26. RESPONDING TO ISLAM
  27. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WITNESS
  28. GLOSSARY OF ISLAMIC TERMS

"And they crucified Him, and parted his garments, casting lots; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet" (the Holy Bible: Matthew 27:35)

“They killed him not, nor crucified him" (the Quran: Sura 4:157)

"This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased" (the Holy Bible: Matt 3:17, 17:5)

"No son did Allah beget" (the Quran: Sura 23:91)