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111 Questions on Islam: Samir Khalil Samir on Islam and the West

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written by journalists to present the views of someone who combined the cultural sensitivities of an Arab and the religious convictions of a Christian, this presentation of the mind of an Arab Jesuit priest impresses as balanced and perceptive. I commend it to all who wish to come to a greater understanding of the likely impact of Islam in the now half-hearted Christian or formerly Christian communities in which it is coming to have an ever increasing presence.

Peter M. Roach,
Hobart,
Australia

I have read many books on Islam. This one is the best because
he explains how Islam plays out in the culture!

111 Questions on Islam should be read by Americans and esp. Europeans if they want to get a lucid and well-written
exposition of the meaning and drives of the Islamic World Phenomenon. This book is ground-breaking in its scope and should give pause to anyone who either contemplates Islam as a potential belief system or is searching for the
underlying elements that make up the reality of Islam's inherent drive for World Hegemony.

This book offers some good information and background on Islam to the previously uninformed, but also has a very distinct point of view (that is as much implied as it is directly stated) which colors the work. The authors' imply MUCH more objectivity than they have (my point of view and to me a huge red flag and a primary reason for the 2 star rating), and the casual reader or person for whom this book is "the" or "a" primary pillar of their knowledge will believe they have a much more holistic and balanced view than it the case (at least from the perspective of a secular scholar or an equally devout and informed Muslim). As such the work is (again my opinion) a flawed foundation for the ecumenical dialogue the authors imply is their goal.