Afraid? Here Are the Facts · Book 1
What About Islam and Sharia?
Muslims, Islamic Law, and the God of Abraham
You may have heard that sharia is taking over. This book looks at what sharia actually is, who Muslims are, and where the real line falls between personal faith and government power. Every claim comes with a source you can check.
- Author
- Helen Ots
- Status
- Being written
- Formats
- Paperback, ebook, and audiobook narrated by Helen Ots
- Publisher
- Kodu Press, Brooklyn, NY
- Scripture
- Quoted from the ESV
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What’s inside
- Three words we mix upIslam, Muslim and Islamist, and why the difference matters.
- What sharia actually means“The way”: guidance for prayer, fasting, charity, diet, family and business.
- Practice vs. state enforcementMost Muslims practice their faith at home. A few governments enforce religious law on everyone.
- Sharia and Jewish law side by sideFood, prayer, marriage, divorce, money, holy days and courts.
- What about Christian law?Why Christianity mostly set detailed law aside, and where canon law fits.
- Sharia in AmericaThe viral claims, what the record shows, and what supporters of sharia bans actually want.
- Seeing our neighborsTruth in love toward the Muslims in our lives.
Woven through this book, as through the whole series, is When Faith Becomes a Weapon. Here that means how Islamists use sharia to seize and hold power, and how fear of Muslims is used for political gain.
References
Every claim in this book is sourced. When the book is published, the full reference list will be posted on this page, chapter by chapter, so audiobook listeners can check every source too.
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