Islam, What You Need to Know in the Twenty-First Century

About the Book

At its core, Islam is a religion of peace. Its very name implies Salaam, Shalom, and Peace. In its first 100 years Islam controlled Spain, all of North Africa, Arabia, and much of the Middle East. Most of its development was peaceful and centered on a "Most Merciful Creator of All Things" emphasis. Europe would have become Islamic if Charles Martel of France in the West and the City of Vienna in the East, had not halted the spread of Islam. Extremists in the Twenty-First Century have too often wrapped themselves in the flag of Islam while they have repeatedly violated many of the teachings of the Qur'an and of the Hadith. You will find that the stories in this book rarely appear in the headlines of Western news media. These stories and their knowledge will help you find peace. Armed with these facts and this inner peace and knowledge, may you help bring more peace to our planet. The vast majority of the followers of Islam want to live in peace and prosperity. Prosperity can only come through understanding and through peace. May the peace of the Loving Creator be with you always on your spiritual journey through life.

About the Author

Ronald Lee Cobb has been a student of the Qur'an and of Islam for the past four decades. On the 2002-2003 SFOR 13 NATO Peacekeeping Mission in Tuzla Bosnia-Herzegovina he worked closely with Mufti Husein Kavazovic and the Imam Amir Karic, the leading Imam of Tuzla. As a 35th Division Colonel and Command Chaplain of American Soldiers in Bosnia, he was one of the first United States soldiers to visit the mosques in NE Bosnia. He taught world religions courses for several years at Friends University in Topeka. He led an eight week series of lectures on Islam and Christianity for Christians and followers of Islam at Oakland Christian Church in Topeka, Kansas. He led a workshop for the Menninger Psychiatric Hospital and the National Association of Addiction Therapists in Chicago, Illinois, on "Native American Spirituality as a Tool for Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Addiction. From 2003-present he has served on the Board of Directors of SEEDS (South East Europe Develpment Solutions) which through BILD (Bosnia Initiatives for Local Development) and its Executive Director Christopher Bragdon is meeting humanitarian, social, and development needs in wartorn Bosnia after the tragic war of aggression. He has supported Mufti Husein Kavazovic and the Islamic Society of Tuzla's development of a faith-based Treatment Center for Heroin addicts north of Lukovac, Bosnia-Herzegovina, which now serves 50 young men as inpatients. Dr. Cobb is certified by the National Association of Addiction Therapists and the Kansas Association of Addiction Therapists and is the Clinical Director of his clinic, HopeHelpHealth.com, which has served Northeast Kansas, since 2003. He has taught as adjunct faculty at the University of the South's EFM Program, Lynchburg College, Friends University, the Karl Menninger School of Psychiatry, and Highland Community College. He has previously published in 2004, "Memories of Bosnia, the 35th Division's SFOR 13 Nato Peacekeeping Mission," available at Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble bookstores. He is a graduate of Westmont College BA, Santa Barbara, California; Central Baptist Theological Seminary M.Div., Kansas City, Kansas; the University of Kansas M.A., Lawrence, Kansas; San Francisco Theological Seminary D.Min., San Anselmo, California; Command and General State College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; and the United States Navy Postgraduate School of International Relations, Monterey, California.