Lectures on the Foundations of Islam: A Self-Study Course

by Bill Warner

If you want to understand Islam, you need to read the books that are its foundation—Koran, Sira (life of Mohammed) and Hadith (his traditions). The Foundations of Islam Self-Study Course is the easiest way to systemically study these books. The Foundations course is a training system with a philosophy and a method. Our philosophy of teaching is based on facts, not opinion. We use the same primary texts that experts use, but they have been simplified and are easy to read. The Foundations course includes this study guide and three other texts—Mohammed’s biography, his traditions and a Koran. Facts are hard to remember, but a story is easy. The first book you study is the life of Mohammed, an incredible story you will never forget. The reason that our Korans are easy to understand is that Mohammed’s life is integrated into them. Then the Koran makes sense. What you learn is easy to remember because it all fits together. This book, Foundations of Islam, is a guide to learning about Islam’s foundational texts. The Foundations of Islam is a transcript of a series of five lectures in The Foundations of Islam Audio Book.

Genres: Islam, Nonfiction

70 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 10, 2015

About the author

Bill Warner is the pen name of Bill French (born 1941, United States), a writer, critic of Islam, and the founder of the Center for the Study of Political Islam. He is a former Tennessee State University physics professor. He is listed by the Southern Poverty Law Center as part of a core group of 10 Anti-Muslim hard-liners.

Warner has said that his focus is on the political aspects of Islamic doctrine related to kafirs (non-Muslims) rather than on the beliefs of contemporary Muslims. He differentiates Islam as a religion and what he refers to as Political Islam. Warner defines "political Islam," which he also calls Islamism, "as a belief that Islam should control society and politics, not simply personal religious life."

Reviews

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the third book about Islam, written by Bill Warner, that I've read. This one seems to cover some of the same concepts I read in his "Life of Mohammed" and his "Hadith". This book makes an effort to integrate information found in the trilogy of Sira, Hadith, and Koran. Recommended!