Voices Behind the Veil: The World of Islam Through the Eyes of Women

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Summary: A Very Informative and Powerful Book!!
Review: I had to read this book twice to grasp all the information that it offered on the Islamic religion. The author is a former Muslim so he knows the subject well. His information is timely and very relevant to our world today which teaches many errors about Islam.

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Summary: Unashamed and Full of Compassion
Review: It is interesting to read reviews that have aparrently not read the text but race to measure its merit. I wonder, has the above Canadian educator taken just one step into the middle east?
I have found this work to be compassionate and full of Christian love for Muslim women. If you wish to understand the plight of Muslim women and thier lack of human rights do a study for yourself and start with this text. It is unashamed of its Christian worldview but accurate and, especially in the case of chapter 2 by Ms. Naser, quite poignant. Read it and judge for yourself.

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Summary: Distorted View Supports Western Stereotypes
Review: This book was written with the specific & stated intent of teaching Christians how to best approach Muslim women with the express purpose of drawing them away from their own religion and converting them to Christianity. It supports many of the Western stereotypes of the most extreme Islamicist sects (similar to a Muslim presenting the most extreme Christian sects as "normal") and does not acknowledge the many positive practises, beliefs and cultural practises common to the large majority of Islam. The "women's voices" are a few Christian missionaries living in Islamic cultures, with the odd example given of a Muslim women who has denounced her faith & become Christian. The book does present various verses from the Koran & the Hadiths, but these are very selective and give a biased view of this religion. The book is, in my opinion, mostly Christian religious propaganda.