Secrets of the Koran: Revealing Insights into Islam's Holy Book

Forget all those evening news sound bites or diplomatically correct half-truths about the Koran and the religion of Islam. If you want to know what the Koran is really about, you have to know what it really says. Don Richardson gives you a nitty-gritty inside look at the Koran, helping to separate fact from fiction. These hard-hitting observations are not the author's opinion based on what he thinks the Koran seems to imply. Muslim boys are indoctrinated in military camps. Madrasa schools force memorization and repetition of the Koran particularly those verses that promise heavenly rewards for martyrdom. It took courage to write this serious, documented and well-sourced book. But the price of truth is courage, regardless of ones religion. DON RICHARDSON author of Secrets of the Koran, Lords of the Earth and Peace Child, has been studying the Muslim world for over 30 years. He and his late wife, Carol, spent 15 years among the Sawi, a Stone Age tribe of Irian Jaya. Don designed an alphabet suited to the Sawi language, authored 19 primers, taught the tribesmen to read in their native tongue and translated the entire New Testament. more than half of the Sawi accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Since 1977, Don has served as ambassador-at-large for World Team, a mission organization. Don holds an honorary Doctorate of Literature from Biola University in La Mirada, CA, is an ordained pastor and speaks at more than 40 church conferences each year. Do you know what the Koran really says? Is what you hear on the evening news about Islam the truth? Is their holy book, the Koran, a book of peace or a book of war? And how much do you know about the religion that will soon pass Judaism as the second-largest religion in America? Is there really an Islamic strategy for world domination--or is this a paper dragon? Most people prefer to sidestep these critical questions with generalities like "a religion is a religion is a religion" and let the matter drop. This book is different. In it, Don Richardson gives you an easy-to-understand, wholly objective and thorough examination of the Koran from a Christian point of view. Chapter and verse, Secrets of the Koran reveals what Islam's holy book is really about, based on what it really says. This is a one-of-a-kind, long-overdue and desperately needed book for our times. -- back of book If you want to know what the Koran is really about, you have to know what it really says. Richardson gives you a nitty-gritty, hard-hitting look at the Koran, helping to separate fact from fiction. Since September 11, 2001, the Koran (sometimes spelled Quran or Qur'an) has been a hot seller-not only in the Arabic world but also in Western nations.