Reddit reviews Engaging with Muslims

I highly recommend you get and read Engaging with Muslims. It’s only like 100 pages and so is a little pricey for such a short book (it’s an obscure publisher I think) so get it on kindle or look for a used copy. But it is a very helpful book for understanding and sharing the gospel with Muslims.

What is important to understand is you should not spend much time arguing with them and especially do not try to prove their religion wrong. Muhammad was not a great dude (married a 5 y/o and had sex with her when she was 9), and there are lots of inconsistencies in the Qur’an. But if you start to poke holes in their beliefs, you may offend them and lose them as a friend. They likely come from an honor/shame society, so making them look bad may mean you will lose your gospel witness. Also they have tons of safeguards in place to block criticisms, such as abrogation, where old Qur’anic texts are overwritten by newer ones.

Instead, try to build friendships with them. This is done by spending a lot of time with them—doing things like inviting them over to eat. Eventually you’ll want to read Bible stories with them, and begin to point to their need for a Savior in Christ. They work very hard to earn salvation, but even if they are a very good Muslim they have zero assurance. The book I recommended works through all of that. Most of all though, make sure you are praying for them. They are all sinners in need of grace.