TWO DIFFERENT RELIGIONS

About the Book

Religion plays a crucial role in the culture and history of nations. Christianity and Islam command the most followers with two billion and 1.3 billion, respectively. Both started in the Middle East. But each spread through a different path. Some interpret 'jihad' as moral strife against the self while others think of it as an obligation to defend the faith against its enemies. So the question is 'jihad' moral or violent? The book discusses how Islam views Christianity? Did technology alter the way clerics in Muslim-majority countries monopoly teaching the Islamic faith? How did the Internet, satellite television, and smart phones influence social life and extend to the spiritual realm? The second half of the twentieth century had seen some eventful developments in the Middle East. Political changes proved far reaching, sometimes with detrimental outcomes. How did recent events affect Egypt--the most pivotal country in the Arab world? Did fanaticism survive in Egypt?

About the Author

The author is a Fulbright scholar with a doctorate degree in chemistry and a United States patent. He has a 45-year career in research, and taught at Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas; Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa; Missouri Southern State College, Joplin, Missouri; Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman; and Mosul University, Mosul, Iraq. The author was born in Egypt and lived for 40 years in the Middle East before moving to the United States in 1981. He has three grown daughters and six grandchildren. He lives with his wife in the Florida panhandle.