Featured books

Featured Websites

.: Reader Views Kids

Provides book reviews, by kids, for kids

.: Inside Scoop Live

Provides live author interviews for podcast

.: Authors Access

Provides interviews with experts in the publishing industry

.: Midwest Book Review

Provides post-publication reviews

.: Reader Views

Provides book reviews and author publicity

.: LR Communication Design

Provides professional website design and development

.: Blogging Authors

Provides a place where writers and readers meet

.: Review The Book

Provides 5 books reviews on 10 different sites

.: Best Sellers World

Provides book reviews and author features

.: Feathered Quill Book Reviews

Provides book reviews and author features

reviews

The 9/11 Verses: Terrorist Teachings in the Koran

Karl Trautwein
Now I See Publishing (2008)
ISBN 9780982027301


Reviewed by Randy A. Lakin for RebeccasReads (4/09)

Karl J. Trautwein’s book, “The 9/11 Verses: Terrorist Teachings in the Koran” is truly captivating. If you are like I was, you thought that Terrorists twisted the Koran to meet their needs.  After reading Trautwein’s book, “The 9/11 Verses,” I no longer believe that.  The author points out several verses from the Koran and it is easy to see it is full of violence.  The author also shows the Christian counter-point to the Koran’s verses.  I was amazed how much violence there is in the Koran against non-Muslims.  The author lists several verses from the Koran that teach violence; I did not just take the authors word for it.  I have a copy of the Koran and I looked up those verses that the author quoted to see for myself.  I was stunned by how many verses promoted the killing of non-Muslims.  The bible promotes that loving your neighbor and your enemy is the best policy.  The Koran promotes that if your neighbor does not convert to Islam the only policy is to kill them and distribute their property to other Muslims.

The author does a fantastic job of laying out the book and all the information in it.  I think the main point that author’s is trying to get across is that Islam is a religion of violence.  While it is true that there are a lot of non-violent Muslims in the world, it is only because they choose to ignore the violent verses.  It’s like the author points out, the Islam religion is one built on violence and hatred of anyone that is a non-Muslim or an “Infidel.”

When Islam was a young and growing religion and Muslims were being persecuted, I could see why there is so much violence and commands to kill in the Koran.  The thing is, this is not The Middle Ages, it’s the 21st century.  There are a lot of wonderful things about the Islamic faith, but it’s all overshadowed by the violence against non-believers’ and the Terrorists that carry out that violence.  I think that the author did a fantastic job with this book.  This is a must have for anyone’s library, no matter if you’re a Muslim or a non-believer. 


.: Blog