Secrets of the Koran by Don Richardson

Secrets of the Koran Reviews

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  Rod Horncastle

  I've read many books looking at Islam from the Outside...and this was one of them. A very strong and defiant book against Islam and especially the Koran. many people may not like this stand - but it is needed.
  I have chatted with Muslims all over the world and read their Propaganda: Believe me; we need books like this.
  
  Muslims will twist and deconstruct every bit of Christianity to achieve their goal. WE can't pretend they are loving peaceful brothers and sisters who just want to live happily in other cultures. It is a spiritual war that will never end nicely.
  
  There is a time for evangelism and a time for truth. This book is mostly Truth. There are other fine books on reaching out compassionately to Muslims. But we must do it with a proper understanding of the Beast of Islam. Muslim people are the deceived...they deserve our love. This book will show you exactly what they have CHOSEN to believe and follow.
  
  I live near an Islamic Mosque. The big fancy sign out front says: "Love for all - hatred for no one." Then Peace...blah blah blah. I dare anyone to go on the internet and chat with Muslims for 15 minutes - you will easily and very quickly see how much love they have. Just mention some of their history, or Koranic verses, or sharia law, or tolerance towards Christians, or Americans, or Jews, or questionable claims about muhammad's numerous wives and escapades.
  There are wonderful loving Muslim people, but they are attached to a religion that insists the world bow to it's every demand. Don Richardson's book shows us what these demands clearly are. Thanks Don.
  
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  Bob

  “Secrets of the Koran” is disappointing even though it is accurate in what it covers. The author does not misrepresent Islam in any way and there is plenty of disturbing insights throughout the book. However when you get to the chapter entitled “What Should We Do?” the author, in my opinion, blows it. There is no call to evangelism, prayer for the millions of Muslims that are in bondage to this dark religion or any reasonable call to action or love as Christians. The tone of the book is what we as conservative, political animals can do in relation to our country, freedom and the constitution.
  
  One would do better to read one of the following:
  One God One Message by PD Bramsen; Rock International
  
  Reasoning from the Scriptures with Muslims By: Ron Rhodes Harvest House Publishers
  
  Leaving Islam by Apostates Speak Out Ibn Warraq (Editor)
  
  Why We Left Islam: Former Muslims Speak Out [Hardcover] Susan Crimp & Joel Richardson
  
  Abdul-Haqq, Abdiyah Akbar. Sharing Your Faith With a Muslim. Bethany Fellowship, Minneapolis, USA.
  
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  Wayne

  I found the book very informative. A lot I did not know. And backed up with plenty of references.
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  Judy

  This is an excellent analysis of the Koran and other Islamic texts. The author used seven different English translations to analyze the meaning of the Koran.
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  Shawn Gray

  I liked it. Good read! Very Informative!
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  Stefan Johnsson

  Even though the author does bring quite a bit of experience of living in Muslim areas of the world, he does not do a great job in putting this into a coherent and well organized book. The effort is trying to rebut or change opinions that have been pervasive in the western world regarding Islam. He brings too much emotion from 9/11 into the book given that it was written in 2003 and which he admits to doing. A third of the book is spent hypothesizing of how Islam will take over the west which is completely inaccurate based on present time.
  Not much time or effort has been put into how outreach can be done to the Muslim communities in the western world or what has already been done. Or how Muslims who come flee the repressive regimes in their home countries to live freer lives in the west. This book scares people rather than emboldens them to interact with Muslims. I would not recommend this book as a resource for anyone interested in the topic of Islam unless solely for research purposes.
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  Gerald Thomson

  This book is a good primer for someone who has not studied Islam in depth. It should stir you on to do more research. Much of Richardson’s information will be alarming to the reader. Some of it seems like overreaching and exaggeration. But still, the topic is one most in the West should look at as the basis of Islam is much different from what we hear from most other religions.
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  Rene

  Impassioned. Succinct. Alarmist. Thought-provoking.
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  Rachel Grepke

  While this book does drag on a bit, it gives great insight into the muslim faith. Easy to follow and understand. A good resource to help share the faith with them.
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  Dora SisoEvA Theo

  Mind blowing
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  Eric Black

  I read this several years ago. Richardson examines the Koran, focusing on the "violent verses."
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  Bryan Neuschwander

  A disappointing and deeply flawed book. It is profoundly ironic that a primary proponent of redemptive analogies considers Islam to be "the great exception." The book contains little insight and less "objectivity." Taking September 11 as his north star, Richardson propounds an unhelpful array of fallacious arguments, failing to see that the problems of money, sex, and power are fundamentally human problems, not Islamic. There is an enemy but it is not Islam. I wish Richardson had found a way to navigate into the good news of God's kingdom, cutting through the murky waters of our discourse, sailing into a Jesus filled future characterized faith, hope, and most of all love, even for the "enemy."
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  Steve

  Don Richardson has been a writer I could whole heartily recommend to others until this book came out. I have lived and worked in countries with large numbers of Muslims and find this book seems to draw on sensationalist fodder.
  
  Hos other books are top notch and he has been a real servant and blessing to many over the past decades. I feel it tragic that this book was printed.
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  Lori

  Sadly this book has a lot of good information in it, but it is so poorly written it's hard to slog through. I could never recommend it to anyone I know. Mr. Richardson could have used a really good editor (or maybe even a mediocre editor could have done him some good). I still hope to find a well written well researched book on the topic.
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  Lukas Kock

  Was hoping for some a more detailed breakdown of the Islamic faith and the person of Mohammed. Instead, although accurate, the book seems like a call to arms with a bit too much of the author's personal opinions mixed in.
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  Douglas Wilson

  Pretty good.
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  T C

  You only need the slightest knowledge of Islamd to see that this book is terrible, agenda-ed, and poorly researched. Not in the least "objective" as he claims.
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  Jonathan Watson

  Awful.
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  Sean McGowan

  Good.