Endorsements: Understand My Muslim People

Dr. Norman L. Geisler, president, Southern Evangelical Seminary, Matthews, North Carolina; author and coauthor
of numerous books including Answering Islam
This is a powerful testimony of God's grace in a former Muslim's heart and a helpful, well-written guide for understanding and reaching Muslims for Christ.

Dr. Gary L. Hearon, executive director,
Dallas Baptist Association
Understand My Muslim People is a “must read” for all evangelical Christians who will share their faith with friends and coworkers who presently embrace Islam. The book's organization and development follow a logical pattern and make for ease of reading while being quite stimulating and informative. Sections three (Islamic beliefs) and four (Islamic practices) are especially helpful and enlightening given the author's own formative background in Bangladesh. The concluding section, detailing how Christians can relate positively and effectively in their outreach to Muslims is the book's particular strength and dynamic.

Dr. Samuel Shahid, director of Islamic Studies Program Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary,
Fort Worth, Texas
This book combines two important elements in the field of evangelization: Abraham Sarker's testimony and a thorough study of the Islamic faith as he compared it to the Christian basic doctrines. I found his insight, understanding, and experience helpful in revealing the truth as it is manifested in the Bible. It is a book worth reading and provides a spectrum of knowledge and clarity.

Nathan Sheets, president, EvangeCube Global Ministries
With the ever-changing demographics of America, Understand My Muslim People is an essential tool for understanding the mind-set of our Muslim neighbors and what they believe. Dr. Sarker shares insights about this fastest-growing religion of Islam, how to intellectually discuss the differences between Islam and Christianity, as well as how to show the love of Christ to Muslims.

Mark Walker, ABD, senior pastor,
Mount Paran North Church of God, Marietta, Georgia
This book presents an informative, enlightening, and intriguing insight into Islam. The telling of his dramatic journey from the Islamic faith to Christianity not only lends tremendous credibility to Dr. Sarker's work, but to the greatness of the God of the Bible. Dr. Sarker has done an excellent job in presenting the similarities and differences between the two faiths, and in providing sensible and sensitive tools for sharing Christianity with the Muslim community.

Ramesh Richard, Ph.D., Th.D., professor, Dallas Theological Seminary; president, RREACH International
If personal testimony provides powerful validation for any claim, Dr. Sarker's pointers to the one who opened his blinded eyes give us confidence in our own efforts toward hard-to-reach audiences. Read this story, for in it you'll find comfort and counsel if you are burdened to reflect the True Light across the world.

Dr. Anis Shorrosh, author of Islam Revealed
Particularly since the horror of 9/11, numerous books have been published to explain, explore, and express the religion of a billion earthlings. Understand My Muslim People has a very distinct advantage in view of the fact that Dr. Sarker was born in a Muslim country, raised by devout Muslim parents, and began studying to become a Muslim cleric. His book describes the facts and fictions concerning Mohammed, Islam, and traditional Muslim practices. Anyone who reads the book will be greatly rewarded, informed, and deeply encouraged to share the gospel with Muslims. Dr. Sarker is proof positive that the gospel of Christ is the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes—especially Muslims.

Dr. Michael Pocock, chairman and senior professor
of world missions and intercultural studies,
Dallas Theological Seminary
Understand My Muslim People is one of the clearest, most compassionate glimpses into how God touched the life of a devout Muslim and drew him to Christ. This is must reading for anyone trying to understand and reach Muslim friends.

Dr. Gary Cook, president, Dallas Baptist University
All of us at Dallas Baptist University have been inspired by Abraham's conversion story ever since he came here as a student in 1996. Abraham's miraculous story and his firsthand insights into the Muslim world are eye-opening. This message so desperately needs to be read by all Christians, especially in the midst of so much misunderstanding of the Muslim people in the Christian church today.

Freda Lindsay, cofounder, Christ for the Nations, Inc.
Understand My Muslim People is a must-read from among many books I've read on the subject. I would urge every Christian minister to carefully read and utilize the words of this book.

Timothy Abraham, former Muslim from the Middle East
Conversion from Islam is a very serious, even potentially life-threatening commitment, one that impacts both personhood and identity. Abraham Sarker realized this first-hand, but was also convicted that Jesus' sacrifice of love on the cross of Calvary extends to everyone, including his own Bengali people. I find the book well-organized and informative, fulfilling the Great Commission in a beautiful way. May the Lord use it for the strengthening of souls that realize we get rescued from the bondage of Islam in order to bring others to our Lord Jesus Christ.

Dr. John P. Williams, superintendent,
Evangelical Friends Church—Eastern Region, Canton, Ohio
Writing from personal experience and with thoughtful conviction, Abraham Sarker offers helpful insight into the ideology and practices of our Muslim friends. Rejecting simplistic notions of a monolithic Islam, he leads us into a deeper understanding of both the diversity and the common threads that characterize Muslims everywhere. Reading Sarker will help correct many Western stereotypes of the people who follow Mohammed, while also opening the way for Christians to develop new friendships borne of respect and a mutual search for enduring truth. Abraham gives us a look behind the veil of Islam through eyes of love and concern.