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The work first outlines orthodox Islam’s views on monotheism, creation, prophets, Muhammad, the Qur’an, and endtime salvation using Islamic sources. It then assesses Christian responses to Islamic beliefs and offers defenses of the Bible, the deity of Christ, the Trinity, and salvation through the cross, supported by multiple appendices addressing sects, practices, and controversies such as Islam and violence.","Answering Islam: The Crescent in Light of the Cross  \nCONTENTS  \nPreface to Second Edition  \nAcknowledgments  \nIntroduction  \nPart 1 The Basic Doctrines of Orthodox Islam  \n1. Understanding Islamic Monotheism  \n2. The Islamic View of Creation and Man  \n3. Prophets  \n4. Muhammad  \n5. The Qur’an  \n6. Endtimes and Salvation  \nPart 2 A Christian Response to Basic Muslim Beliefs  \n7. An Evaluation of Islamic Monotheism  \n8. An Evaluation of Muhammad  \n9. An Evaluation of the Qur’an  \nPart 3 A Positive Defense of the Christian Perspective  \n10.A Defense of the Bible  \n11.A Defense of the Deity of Christ  \n12.A Defense of the Trinity  \n13.A Defense of Salvation by the Cross  \nAppendix 1: Muslim Sects and Movements  \nAppendix 2: Muslim Religious Practices  \nAppendix 3: The Gospel of Barnabas  \nAppendix 4: Popular Muslim Accusations against the New Testament  \nAppendix 5: Islam and Violence  \nAppendix 6: Black Islam  \nGlossary  \nBibliography  \nSuggested Reading  \nPREFACE TO SECOND EDITION  \nSeptember 11, 2001, changed the world. For one thing, Christians can no longer ignore the worldwide challenge of Islam. It is this challenge that assures the future of books like Answering Islam. Never in our wildest imagination did we believe this book would hit the front page of The Wall Street Journal (Nov. 26, 2001) which declared:  \nReligious publishing houses have produced a vast library of how-to books on recruiting Muslims. One of the best known is “Answering Islam,” co-written by Norman Geisler, president of Southern Evangelical Seminary, in Charlotte, N.C., and Abdul Saleeb, a Muslim convert to Christianity. Published in 1993, the book had sold more than 42,000 copies.  \nWhat The Journal failed to say was that over half of these were sold in the first two months after September 11, a pace that remains unabated to date. Actually, the book was gradually dying before the towers fell. To put it mildly, the interest in the threat of Islam to Christianity was minimal before 9/11 . That is understandable, since we had just survived the Communist threat, the Humanist threat, and were still undergoing the New Age threat. American Christians were simply not ready for another threat.  \nToday the tide has turned. Sales of the Qur’an are soaring. Not because Muslims are becoming more devout nor because converts to Islam increased dramatically as a result of the terrorists aerial bombing of the New York Trade Center. Rather, it is because non-Muslims suddenly realize that the religion of Islam, as embraced by millions of radical Muslims, has become  \na real threat, not only to Christianity but to freedom of religion in general and to our very way of life as Americans.  \nWe have taken the occasion of these recent events to revise what has suddenly become a very popular book. Changes have been made throughout by updating, adding, and revising the entire manuscript. In addition, the section on Jihad has been amplified considerably by adding an entire Appendix on“Islam and Violence.” We have also used the opportunity to add new material in crucial places to strengthen the Christian response to Islam.  \nLike many other battles in history, we believe that the penis sharper than the sword. The real war will be won with words, not weapons. The success of Christianity over Islam asa world religion rises or falls on the battlefield of ideas.  \nToday, Islam is the second largest religion in the world, with over one billion adherents. That is one out of every five persons on earth. Indeed, Islam is now reputed to be the fastest growing religion in the world. This and recent events make it necessary for us to refocus our efforts to defend the Faith once for all delivered to the saints (Jude 3) . As Thomas Aquinas is credited by history with answering Islam in the thirteenth century (in his Summa contra Gentiles), even so we must renew efforts to thwart the efforts of militant Muslims to destroy Christianity. 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