Truth in Love to Muslims

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A Rope And A Prayer - A Kidnapping From Two Sides

David Rohde, a recently-married American journalist completing research for a book on the Afghan war, travels south from Kabul to interview a Taliban leader before returning to the U.S. Without warning he is kidnapped and held for ransom by the Taliban in the tribal area of Waziristan for seven worrisome months of 2008-2009.

Both David and his wife Kristen tell the harrowing story of his captivity and eventual escape from their own points of view. In the U.S. Kristen works with a variety of government and private contacts in an attempt to negotiate his release. At the same time, David details his frightening experiences as a captive and provides practical insight to the political, cultural, and religious motives behind the complicated conflict raging in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The Balfour Declaration - The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

The question of Palestine won't go away. Who owns this tiny land - sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? Arabs and Israelis dispute about their rights and boundaries. Each expects the other to yield. Both are fighting for control.

What started this mayhem? Historians point to a day in November of 1917 during the horrors of WWI when Britain entered into an agreement with Zionist Jews promising to help them establish a national home in Palestine. The agreement, known as the Balfour Declaration, was intended to win the financial and military support of Jews around the world - one of several theories on how to bring the war to an end and safeguard the far-flung British Empire.

In this book historian Jonathan Schneer leads the reader through the mysterious tangle of contradictory, simultaneous agreements that a desperate British Empire made with France, the Arabs, the Ottoman Turks, the Americans, and the Jews in order somehow to stop the bloodshed.

It's no wonder that chaos in the Middle East is a result. As Schneer says, in slaying the dragon, they sowed the dragon's teeth.

Arab Voices: What They Are Saying To Us, And Why It Matters

As an Arab American of Lebanese descent and Christian roots, and as founder and president of the Arab American Institute, James Zogby provides an in-depth, personal analysis of America's relationship with the Arab world.

He addresses several myths people believe about Arabs, illustrates the problems that arise when history is ignored, and provides practical suggestions for improving our relationship with Arabs - the most basic of which is, listen to what Arabs are saying.

The book provides an excellent example of listening by publishing a recent poll of thousands of Arabs in eight countries by Zogby International, bringing their thoughts and voices to our attention.

Nomad: From Islam to America – A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations

Nomad is the story of a woman with an insider’s knowledge of Islam who left behind the primitive civilization of Muslim Somalia in East Africa, drank deeply from the pools of enlightenment in Europe, and eventually made her way to America.

As an atheistic former Muslim, an infidel, her journey did not shield her from the turmoil and threats that follow anyone who breaks from Islam. Her journey is a compelling story that skillfully portrays the confusion and needs of a Muslim-background immigrant in America.

Nomad issues a warning to all Americans along with a call to action for American Christians. Ayaan senses that America is underestimating the world-dominating goals of fundamental Islam, and she emphasizes that Christians in particular have reason to act in order to spread the message of God’s love in Christ.

Articles

DVD Bible Study

In June 2009 Outreach to Muslims released a four-session DVD Bible study titled “Speaking the Truth in Love to Muslims.” Like the book with the same name, it is designed to help Christians better understand Islam, become acquainted with their Muslim neighbors as friends, and discover why Muslims need the gospel of Christ.

The Promise

Evangelism

The Promise is an excellent brochure to give to a Muslim friend who wants to know more about your Christian faith. Sixteen colorful pages present the basic biblical message from the fall into sin to life in heaven.

Part 1: Muslim Backgrounds – Topic 1: Muhammad and His Times

Introduction
For Americans and much of the world, September 11, 2001 is a day never to be forgotten. As no previous event, including the attack on Pearl Harbor, 9-11 brought home the reality that terrorism can—and, indeed, has—come to mainland America. It has also thrust into national consciousness the reality of a world religion that in the past has often been ignored and overlooked by much of the Western world. That religion is Islam.

It may surprise many to learn that Islam has a long-standing relationship with lands where Christianity flourishes. In fact, for almost fourteen centuries, the Christian-Muslim encounter has formed the center of much of world history. The “war on terrorism” may ebb and flow, but the presence of Islam remains an ongoing challenge to Christians.

Part 1: Muslim Backgrounds – Topic 2: Islam's Glorious Past

Beginning in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, the Christian faith spread by preaching the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ. The book of Acts tells how despite persecutions, the first Christians “preached the word wherever they went” (8:4). The early centuries of Islam followed a much different pattern. Already during the lifetime of Muhammad, his religion spread by the sword. At the time of his death, the prophet was ruler over most of Arabia. That pattern of conquest did not stop with his passing.

Spread of Islam under the Rightly Guided Caliphs
(632-661)

The early and formative history of Islam revolves around the first four successors of Muhammad, all of whom ruled from the city of Medina in Arabia.

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