If you’ve read any of our blog posts that mention inviting your Muslim friends over, you’ve probably seen us suggest that you ask about your friend’s dietary preferences! That is because of the Islamic concepts halal and haram. Halal and haram extend beyond the topic of diet in Islam, but most people focus on the diet aspect.

A conversation about lying may not be an easy one, but it could open your Muslim friend’s eyes to the moral differences between what Jesus taught and what Allah teaches.

For Muslims, physical cleanliness (taharah) is not a choice; it is a requirement. It is burdensome, tedious, and most of all, time-consuming. Being clean, by Islam’s standards, is not simply a matter of hygiene. It is actually a matter of paradise or hell

There are 1.8 billion Muslims in the world, and as you can imagine, this includes a wide variety of cultures, countries, and languages. Regardless of this diversity, there is one main language that is key to Islam: Arabic.

Is Islam a religion of peace? More than likely, you’ve been told that Islam means peace in Arabic. But this is incorrect; Islam actually means submission. You may have also heard Islam called “a religion of peace,” but this is far from the truth. To learn more about this, read here. While the founder of Islam’s message may have started as peaceful when he was weak and not known, it didn't stay that way for long.

As Christ followers, we need to obey the Great Commission that Jesus gave us and share the gospel with others, including our Muslim friends and neighbors! It is extremely helpful for Christians to know some facts about Islam before or while evangelizing to Muslims.

Readers of both the Bible and the Quran are often surprised by how many biblical narratives and allusions to the Old and New Testaments appear in the Quran. The Quran references more than fifty people who are also found in the Bible — among them Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Joseph.

When was the last time you offered to pray for someone? For many of us, prayer can fluctuate between a daily delight and an occasional reaching out.

Folk Islam is what a large part of the Muslim population in the world practices. These religious beliefs and practices are different from the more orthodox Islamic beliefs. It is a combination of the Quran, Hadith, occultism, and tribal religions. Muslims believe that Allah is a distant god who won’t answer their prayers, so they take matters into their own hands and appeal to different spiritual powers.

There are three simple reasons that Muslims pray: it is a sin to neglect praying, it is a mandatory duty, and it is calculated points counted toward their possibility of entering paradise. Prayer in Islam...

All you need to know about the history of Iran and Islam: Insights from a frontline ministry

To deny the crucifixion is to deny the resurrection of Christ, which brought us redemption. In addition, the Quran ignores the historical proof that verifies the biblical crucifixion as fact. These Quranic verses have become such a source of confusion that they have produced three different theories, which all deny Jesus' death on the cross.

Easter is coming soon - and though Muslims believe in Jesus (they call Him “Prophet Isa”), they do reject the truth about His crucifixion, death, and resurrection. Easter, or better called “Resurrection Day,” is not important in Islam, because they do not believe in Jesus’ death and resurrection.

The Five Pillars of Islam are the five core acts of worship that shape a Muslim’s faith and daily life.

The Islamic month of Ramadan is coming to an end on March 19th. Muslims around the world will be celebrating the end of their month of fasting. They expectantly turn their eyes to Eid al-Fitr, which is three days of feasting and celebrating.

Muslims also fast, but for very different reasons than Christians. Fasting is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Overall, the Bible and the Quran give totally different instructions on fasting.

Why should Christians pray for Muslims during Ramadan? As you can tell, Ramadan is a very intense and unforgiving time for Muslims

The two largest world religions, Christianity and Islam, have very different concepts and teachings about love, and that is because the character of God is different...

When Muhammad was “creating” Islam, he drew a lot of details from Judaism and Christianity. He wanted the Jews and Christians to accept him as a prophet sent by their God, the God of the Bible, so he tried to pull from their beliefs and add them to Islam’s beliefs.

In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus gives a command that is now called the Golden Rule: “Treat people the same way you want them to treat you.” (Matthew 7:12) But as Christ-followers we must ask ourselves: do we truly comprehend the weight of this command? Do we actually live it out?