Mark A. Gabriel

Mark A. Gabriel ( born December 30, 1957 in Egypt ) is an Egyptian- American author on the subject of Islam.

Life

According to the company Gabriel was a lecturer in Islamic history at Al- Azhar University in Cairo and Imam in Giza. After trying to reason with his academic colleagues at the University about contradictions in the Koran, he experienced torture and imprisonment.

In 1994, he converted to Christianity. He left his native Egypt, and changed his name from Mustafa in Mark A. Gabriel. However, he does not live in secret, but occurs in public and used his photo on his publications. Mark A. Gabriel lives in the USA and has a German wife.

Positions

Despite his critical stance towards Islam, he emphasizes in his books again and again how important it is that people in the West " towards Muslims with love and respect ." He puts in his books 're careful to distinguish between Islam as a political ideology and Muslims as people.

The author advocates a new Arab Bible in which God no longer stands for God, because this was subsequently introduced what Thomas Schirrmacher has refuted. The Catholic Church criticized the fact that the author cites one side, Islam is misleading and stoking fears.

Publications

• Against the Tides in the Middle East - A true story of Mustafa, former teacher of Islamic History at Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. Published under the name Mustafa, International Academic Centre for Muslim Evangelism, Brixton, South Africa 1997 ISBN 1875095276th
• Islam and Terrorism: What the Quran really teaches about Christianity, violence and the goals of the jihad. Resch, Graefelfing 2004, ISBN 3-935197-39- X. ( Detailed excerpts / quotes from the book Islam and terrorism ...; PDF; 411 kB)
• Jesus and Muhammad: Amazing differences and surprising similarities. Resch, Graefelfing 2006, ISBN 3-935197-52-7.
• Motives of Islamic terrorists: A journey in their religious thought. Resch, Graefelfing 2007, ISBN 978-3-935197-51-9.
• Swislam - How much endures the country? Islam in Switzerland nitric, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-9523801-0-9.