Islam, Muhammad, and the Koran: A documented analysis

Features

• Unknown Binding: 188 pages
• Published by: L. Mikhail 1996
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1890297097
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1890297091
• ASIN: B0006FA8U6

Reader Reviews
"Islam: Muhammad and the Koran - A Documented Analysis" by Dr. Labib Mikhail. 1996 first printing; 2002 second & revised with 366 pgs. [Hardback ISBN 1-890297-05-4; medium-size paperback ISBN 1-890297-06-2] The author essentially presents the argument that: "Islam/Quran is wrong because the Bible is correct." Nonetheless, this is still an informative book written by a Christian missionary who served in Egypt where he taught at the Faith Mission Bible College in Cairo, and who earned degrees including M.A. and ThD. from the International Bible Institute and Seminary. Part 1 is 100 pages discussing the life of Mohammad. Part 2 contains another 130 pages on the topics of: The History of the Koran; the Koran is Not a Miracle; the Doctrine of Abrogation; the Koran is Not Divinely Inspired; Contributions of the Jinn; Discrepancies in the Koran, the Koran does not Satisfy Spiritual Needs of Mankind; the Koran teaches Polytheism; the Bible and the Koran. Part 3 of seventy pages discusses: Islam is not a religion of peace; Islam is not a divine religion; Jihad; and Major differences between Christianity and Islam. He provides a brief paragraph or two detailing the variations of Islam: Sunni, Shiites, Ismailis, Assassins, Wahhabis, Darawishes, Sufiis, Druzes, Ahmadiyya, Zaydis, Hanafite, Malikite, Shafiite, Hanbalite. As the author reads Arabic, he quotes from numerous Arabic-language books regarding Islam. It is not a "scholarly" writing-style work like Warraq's "Why I am Not a Muslim", but more of a "here is a quote from the Quran which is obviously refuted by a quote from the Bible because I am a Christian" style. But it is a "good" analysis by Dr. Mikhail, in that he presents his Christian analysis in a non-flaming manner. However, all too frequently, he isn't too strong in making an effective argument or ties his thought process together too well. For instance, in discussing Islamic brutality, he wrote: "In 1995 the Sudanese Islamic government tried to assassinate President Hosny Mubarak of Egypt in Ethiopia." (p.245) That's it -- he doesn't tie in why the Sudanese government didn't like Pres. Mubarak, who is also a Muslim. Oh, oh: he also refers to Allah as the "moon god" -- this won't go over well with the Eastern academicians. He is short on footnotes, but he does list a citation for quotations from the Quran, the hadith, the Bible, and some other books and a few magazine articles. And, interestingly for a Christian book, Dr. Mikhail does provide numerous selections and citations from the hadith -- which provides some insight into Muslim thinking; so, because of this, its worth a fourth star. Easy reading. This book is more informative about Islam that what I have made it out to be; so I would rate it better than most similar Christian-oriented books reviewing Islam. A book for us Bible thumpers, but Prof. John Esposito et al. won't be referencing it.