Last night, I finished
reading the above book by Dr. Nabeel Qureshi; a book, that once I started
reading, I just could not put down until I got to the end.
It had been a number of
months since I last read any books concerning Islam, but when I happened upon
the book while surfing the internet last week, I felt compelled to look into
it, even though I knew Dr. Qureshi had been an associate with David Wood, a
high profile critic of Islam whose approach to apologetics I hold a certain
dislike for. But, Dr. Qureshi has become a team member of Ravi Zacharias
International Ministires (link); this, coupled with his substantial educational
credentials (MD from Eastern Virginia Medical School, MA in
Christian apologetics from Biola University, MA in Religion from Duke
University, and currently pursuing a doctorate in New Testament studies at
Oxford University), led me to purchase
book, and 'give it a chance'. I am quite pleased that I did so, for I
thoroughly enjoyed it.
The book is not a
scholarly treatment, and at times, is a bit too polemical for my taste, but
Dr. Qureshi is a masterful writer, and the story that he relates to his readers
concerning his life as a devout Muslim growing up in America (and Scotland),
and ultimate conversion to Christianity, is certainly a dramatic and emotional
one. A must read IMO...
A Google 'preview'
of the book is available HERE.
Aaron Menikoff (PhD, The Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary), senior pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church in Atlanta,
Georgia, has provided a pretty good review HERE.
IMPORTANT
NOTE: Dr. Qureshi was raised in the Ahmadiyyat sect of Islam; many Sunni and Shia
Muslims hold that members of the Ahmadiyyat
sect are not Muslims at all. Dr. Qureshi has provided and excellent treatment
on the Ahmadiyyat sect, addressing the issue
of whether or not Ahamdis are Muslims (LINK).
I hope a number of my
readers will take the time to read Dr. Qureshi's book, and then share their
thoughts with me....
Grace and peace,
