“The Qur’an: With or Against the Bible?” – A Book Review

bible-quran

Islam and Muslims have been in the news often over the past 11 years. Ever since the tragic  events of Sept. 11th, 2001, the US Media has been fascinated to know what the Qur’an – the holy scriptures of Islam, actually teaches and instructs it’s followers to do. Many Muslims, as well as Non-Muslims, unfairly take quotes from the Qur’an out of context and use them to justify acts of violence, ill treatment of people of other faiths, and oppression of women in Muslim countries. Moreover, … [Read more...]

Three Cups of Tea

Greg Mortenson with the children of Korphe in Pakistan

I recently finished reading "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.  My first reaction after reading the story of Mortenson's 15 + year story of building schools for the impoverished children of Pakistan and eventually Afghanistan's mountain villages was - why do the Non-Muslims do Allah's work without making any excuses, but we Muslims just argue, cheat and fight amongst ourselves?!  For those who don't know Mortenson's story - he was a mountain climber who in 1993 … [Read more...]