Frequently Asked Questions About Islam

ONE OF THE features we have on Citizen Warrior is a small book entitled Islam 101. It is excellent. The book is written by Gregory M. Davis, author of Religion of Peace?: Islam's War Against the World, and the producer/director of Islam: What the West Needs to Know.

One of its sections is about answering questions people will ask when you talk to them about Islam. Davis's answers are worth studying. Here they are:

a) What about the Crusades?

b) If Islam is violent, why are so many Muslims peaceful?

c) What about the violent passages in the Bible?

d) Could an Islamic "Reformation" pacify Islam?

e) What about the history of Western colonialism in the Islamic world?

f) How can a violent political ideology be the second-largest and fastest-growing religion on earth?

g) Is it fair to paint all Islamic schools of thought as violent?

h) What about the great achievements of Islamic civilization?