The catastrophic scenes that followed the Western withdrawal from Afghanistan created many big questions. But could one of the more basic problems be that many in the West fundamentally misunderstand Islam? Do our failed attempts to impose Western style democracy on predominantly Islamic nations show that we understand neither Islam nor where our democracy has come from in the first place?

How should Christians respond to all this? How can we learn to rightly criticise Islam while also loving our Muslim neighbours and pointing them to the one in whom true peace is found? We discuss all the questions and more in this latest episode of Pod of the Gaps.

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Among the resources mentioned in the show were:

* Andy Bannister, "Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?" (London: IVP, 2021) [Read or listen to the first chapter for free: https://www.solas-cpc.org/dmacwtsg/]

* Nabeel Qureshi, "Answering Jihad: A Better Way Forward" (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2016)

* Open Doors (https://www.opendoorsuk.org)

* The Barnabas Fund (https://barnabasfund.org)