Neither Good Nor True

Islam's own sources tell the story. Few in the West have read them.

Neither Good Nor True lets Islam speak for itself, through the Qur'an, the canonical hadith of al-Bukhari and Muslim, and the earliest biography of Muhammad. It then sets those texts beside the history they produced: the conquest of the Christian Middle East and North Africa, a thousand years of slave raiding, the fall of Constantinople, and the persecution that continues from Nigeria to Afghanistan today.

In four short parts, the book asks:

• Is Islam good? The historical record, from Medina to Kabul.
• Is Islam true? A single witness, late sources, a contested text, and the manuscripts.
• What spirit does it teach? Measured by the apostle John's own test.
• What about the objections? The Crusades, the "golden age," and the "religion of peace."

Carefully sourced and written for general readers, this is a book about a system, not an attack on Muslims as people. It is written not in hatred but in warning, the way one shakes a sleeping neighbor when the house is on fire. It is for Christians, for skeptics, and for every Westerner who wants the facts while there is still time to act on them.

About the author: James Stroud holds a master's degree in classical history and a bachelor's degree in philosophy of religion, and has served as an area representative for The Voice of the Martyrs since 2004. He is the author of Mere Christian Apologetics and The Philosophy of History.