Hammond - Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat

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This book isdedicated to the Christians of Nigeria,

Southern Sudanand the Nuba Mountains who have suffered such severe persecutionfor their faith. In particular it is dedicated to Bishop BullenDolli of Lui Diocese whose cathedral endured ten aerialbombardments by the Sudan Air Force and whose brother diedcourageously at the hands of Muslims for refusing to renounce hisfaith in Christ.

M Slavery,Terrorism and Islam m The Historical Roots and ContemporaryThreat

Foreword: TheGreatest Conflict by Dr. George Grant

Introduction:Setting the Record Straight by Rev. Fano Sibisi

Chapter 1.TheScourge of Slavery

Chapter 2.Uprooting Terrorism

Chapter 3.Resisting Sharia in Nigeria

Chapter 4.Jihad - Islamic Holy War

Chapter 5.Islam According to The Reformers

Chapter 6. TheSources of Islam

Chapter 7.Muhammad, the Caliphas and Jihad

Chapter 8.Women in Islam

Chapter 9. TheChallenge of Islam

Chapter 10.Comparing the Bible With the Quran

Chapter 11.Challenging Muslims

Chapter 12.Guidelines for Muslim Evangelism

Chapter 13.Slavery Today and The Battle over History

Chapter 14.Muslim Evangelism in Universities

Chapter 15. TheCrusades and Jihad

Chapter 16. TheEnd of Islam

Appendix I:Glossary of Islamic Terms

Appendix II:Who's Who in Islam

Appendix III:Proselytizing to Peace - Jihad in Action

Appendix IV:The Spread of Islam According to Islamic Sources

Appendix V:Percentage of Muslims by Country

Appendix VI:Population Density of Muslims

Appendix VII:Muslim Population by Country

Appendix VIII:Muslim Growth Rate

Appendix IX:Military Spending and National Prosperity

Appendix X:Churchill on Islam

Appendix XI:Death Threats from Muslim Extremists

Appendix XII:Islamic Attacks on Christ and the Bible

Appendix XIII:Reformation or Islamisation

Bibliography

End Notes

About theAuthor

Pray for theMuslim World - Map

The greatestconflict of the past century has not been between Communism andDemocracy. It has not been between Liberalism and Conservatism. Ithas not been between Socialism and Capitalism. It has not beenbetween Rich and Poor, Proletariat and Bourgeoisie, Industrialismand Agrarianism, Nationalism and Colonialism, Management andLabour, First World and Third World, East and West, North andSouth, Allied and Axis, or NATO and Soviet. All of these conflictshave been important, of course. All of them helped to define themodern era significantly. None of them should be in any wayunderestimated.

But while everyone of these conflicts has pitted ardent foes against one anotherand as a result, has actually altered the course and character ofrecent history, none of them could be characterized as the mostconvulsive conflict of the past century. The most convulsiveconflict of the past century, and indeed the most convulsiveconflict of the past, millennium, has undoubtedly been betweenIslam and Civilization; it has been between Islam and Freedom; ithas been between Islam and Order; it has been between Islam andProgress; it has been between Islam and Hope. While every otherconflict pitting men and nations against one another has inevitablywaxed and waned, this furious struggle has remained all tooconsistent. The tension between Islam and every aspiration andyearning of man intrudes on every issue, every discipline, everyepoch, and every locale - a fact that is more evident today thanperhaps ever before.

Despite thisinescapable fact, most people today actually know very little aboutIslam. Certainly, most Christians know only the most rudimentaryfacts about this extraordinarily potent adversary, this extremecultural threat to everything they hold to be good and right andtrue. The conflict between Islam and the rest of the world maydominate the headlines, define our foreign policy, and give newurgency to the day-to-day mission of our churches, but why that isthe case, is still not very well understood.

It is for thatreason that Frontline Fellowship has produced this vital new studyof one of the most neglected aspects of Islam. Born out of thedifficult experience of missionaries on the front lines of thebattle for the soul of Africa and indeed, the world this book isdesigned to present the ideas, history, and aspirations of Islamthrough the lens of a Biblical worldview perspective. It isdesigned to equip ordinary Christians from every walk of life towisely and Scripturally minster in a world where the conflictbetween Islam and civilization is all too obvious.

I am gratefulfor the commitment of Peter Hammond, and the entire team ofFrontline Fellowship to make this practical and understandablestudy available. In this day and time we most assuredly need tounderstand rather than simply emote; we need to lay firmfoundations rather than simply react; we need to be ready, willing,and able to present the eternal truths of Scripture in the contextof the temporal realities of our poor fallen world. And that isjust what this study enables us to do. May God be pleased to use itto that end and for His glory.

George Grant,PhD

Kingsmeadow

"Slavery, Terrorism and Islam" is a well-researchedaccount of the historical events that impact directly on presentdevelopments.

For the sake ofthis generation, and coming ones, someone had to do what Dr. PeterHammond has just done; setting the record straight on the differentrole players in the slave trade.

It is onlyright that shining stars of Christianity who campaigned tirelesslyfor the abolition of slavery should receive their rightful place onthe roll of honour. Dr. Hammond highlights the spiritual basis fromwhich they drew their motivation.

In Muslimcountries tragic stories of persecution and killing of those whodare to turn to Christ abound, yet where there is freedom ofreligion, Islam is driven with much fury.

In the wake of9/11 and international acts of terrorism involving fanatical Muslimextremists, people are struggling to understand what it is in Islamthat creates that kind of mentality. "Slavery,Terrorism and Islam" goes to the root of it all.