Angels are Crying, by Mohammad Rehman

First of all I want to thank the Cadence Group and Mohammad Rehman for making a copy of this book available to me for a review.

As a conservative Protestant Pastor you might wonder why I read this book and am posting a review, well, the simple answer is, I am interested in people of faith and their religions. Muslims are one of the largest Religious Groups in the world today. They get lots of press and much of it is bad. They seem fanatical about Mohammad and the Koran and the press paints a picture that is not always positive. Islam takes on a bad taste in many Western People's minds because of groups like ISIS, Al Qaeda, and Osama Bin Laden.

Mohammad Rehman has written a book that all people will find interesting. His desire was to write an honest look at Islam and the faith behind the people and the movement. He wanted to draw out aspects of Islam that have been lost in the Public View because of those radicals that have hijacked the faith.

What I liked about Rehman's approach is that he starts by giving a historical background lesson on the faith and how it came about. He talks about the fact that the faith incorporates teachings from Moses, Jesus Christ and obviously Mohammad. He also does not ignore people of other faith. He acknowledges the persecution that Jew's had at the hands of Hitler. He acknowledges that the Taliban is bringing a harsh treatment to the Muslims of Afghanistan and he paints a picture of ISIS that I think is very accurate. Rehman has taken a chance in writing this book. He has wanted to stay true to the Koran and the teachings of Mohammad, but he has also wanted to point out the problems of the terrorist that have taken the Koran out of context and are trying to set up their own world. I applaud Rehman, and I pray for his safety.

The second section of the book takes a look at the Koran and gives a background lesson regarding the text and it's teachings. This section is about a third of the book. I would suggest that you have a copy of the Koran (you can get a copy from Penguin Classics for a good price) and have that with you as you go through the book. I found that Rehman did a great job of posting the text of the Koran and then explaining in his view what he believes it is teaching and how radicals have hijacked the teaching.

The last part of the book is a look at 50 countries that have a significant Muslim population. He describes the countries and the people of those countries. He gives a brief thumb nail sketch of the country and the positive and negative things that are going on.

If you are a Protestant and are familiar with Operation World you will see how this book is very similar to that one and it's approach to giving you information regarding a country and it's population.

I was very intrigued by this book and am grateful to Mohammad Rehman for all the work that he put into it. I believe that it gives some good insights and background on the Islamic faith and how it has evolved.

I believe that Christians would benefit from reading this book as it will help them to understand their Muslim Neighbors a bit better and provide a good jumping off point for dialogue between the two faiths.