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The World Trade Center attacks and the subsequent War Against Terrorism and War in Iraq have given Islam a high profile in Western countries. But how much do we understand about it? How much do Christians know about Muslims? There are 1.2 billion Muslims in today's world; 300 million of them live outside Muslim countries, most of them in the nominally Christian nations of the West or in African countries. Dr. Borge Schantz, after many years working in Islamic countries, tackles the questions about Islam Including: What do we need to know about Islam? Is Islam, as has been claimed, 'a religion of peace'? What should the Christian's agenda be towards Islam?

Glossary
Introduction

Chapter 1
Time of ignorance. Life of Muhammad. Expansion of Islam
Time of ignorance
Muhammad, the prophet in Islam
The call to be a prophet
The flight to Medina
Mecca attacked and conquered. Ka'bah becomes the sanctuary of Islam
Life of Muhammad. His marriages
The history and expansion of Islam

Chapter 2
The Books of Islam
The Kor'an
The Kor'an described
Problems in the Kor'an
The Sunnah and the Hadith
Other Hadith excerpts

Chapter 3
Shari'ah Law
The Shar'iah, a comprehensive law system
The integrated society
The role of law
The foundations of Shar'iah law
Other influences on the Shar'iah

Chapter 4
Punishments for Transgressions. Religious liberty. Fundamentalism
Specific punishments according to Shar'iah laws
Some observations
Old Testament penalties
Purpose is prevention
Mitigating circumstances
Primitive societies and severe punishments
The concept of religious liberty in Islam
Islamic fundamentalism

Chapter 5
The Five Pillars
1. The confession of faith (Shahada)
2. The ritual prayers (Salah)
3. Social taxation (Zak'ah)
4. The fast (Sawm)
5. The pilgrimage (Hajj)
Jihad, the holy war
Religion enhanced by body movements

Chapter 6
The Five Articles of Faith
1. The doctrine of Allah
2. The doctrine of angels
The Jinn
3. Revealed scriptures
4. The messengers of Allah
5. Last events and the day of judgement
Predestination, the will of Allah

Chapter 7
The Muslim's Lifestyle
Childhood, youth, puberty and circumcision
Marriage
Death
The role of women in Islam
The dress of Muslim women
The Muslim marriage
Divorce, birth control and inheritance

Chapter 8
Diet, Art and Islamic Sects
The Kor'anic dietary plan for animal consumption
Cultic health principles
Other areas of the Muslim lifestyle
Reasons for variations in Muslim patterns of life
Islamic sects
Folk Islam
Sufism--the mysticism in Islam

Chapter 9
Islam in the 21st Century
The Mediterranean Sea
The Ottoman Empire--Colonial Era
The years after the Second World War
The two chief reasons for dissatisfaction
The Call to Jihad
The "Abode of War", the "Abode of Islam"
Suicide terrorists or martyrs?

Chapter 10
Muslims in the West
First contact
Second contact
Third contact
Fourth contact
Economic refugees
Why the West?
Muslims among Christians
Assimilation, integration, clashes of cultures
Elements of culture clash
Culture clash and Shar'iah law
Child abduction
Law as a personal responsibility
When in Rome, do as the Romans do
Juvenile delinquency

Chapter 11
Reformation, coexistence
Corruption, poverty and humiliation
Science and economy
Dissatisfaction on the edges of the Islamic world
Liberals and Fundamentalists
Is coexistence at all possible?
What about the future?
The Shar'iah law can be observed only in a Muslim country
There are Muslims and Muslims
The conflict between the Shar'iah and Western lifestyle
Hope-perhaps

Chapter 12
A Christian meets a Muslim
The Great Commission
Mission in Muslim lands
Unsuccessful mission among Muslims in Christian nations
Muslims among us are in a state of transition
Variable attitudes
Friendship
Knowledge and information
Hospitality
Listen and learn
Personal conversations
The extended family
Loss of face can mean loss of faith
Avoid criticism
Dreams as part of a Muslim's religious experience

Chapter 13
Christian and Muslim beliefs
The Sovereign Allah
The ninety-nine names of Allah
Predestination
Jesus Christ
The concept of sin
The conception of salvation

Conclusion
Bibliography