Mark A. Gabriel

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Mark A. Gabriel (born December 30, 1957 in Egypt ) is an Egyptian journalist , Islam expert and book author. He was an imam and lecturer at al-Azhar University in Cairo. Today he lives in the USA as a recognized asylum seeker . His book Islam and Terrorism , published in 2004, has been translated into over 50 languages.

Life

According to his own account, Gabriel knew the Koran by heart at the age of twelve and studied Islamic culture and history at al-Azhar University , which he completed with a doctorate . At the age of 28, he became a lecturer in Islamic history at al-Azhar University in Cairo and an imam in Giza . After turning away from Islam, he experienced torture, imprisonment and several assassinations.

In 1994 he converted to Christianity . He left his homeland Egypt and changed his name from "Mustafa" to Mark A. Gabriel . After converting to Christianity, he studied world religions (Masters) at Florida Christian University in Orlando and graduated with a Ph.D. in Christian Education. In 2003 Gabriel became a member of the Oxford Society of Scholars. He does not live in secret, but appears in public and uses his photo in his publications. Mark A. Gabriel lives in the USA and is married to a German woman.

Positions

In his first book Islam and Terrorism , Gabriel deals with the causes of Islamist terrorism . Here and in other publications he examined in particular the religious factor in the motivation of Islamic terrorists, referring to the writings of Hassan al Banna , Sayid Qutb and Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi . According to Mark A. Gabriel, there are five guiding principles in the thinking of Islamists :

  • Do not obey any other law than the Islamic one.
  • You are surrounded by unbelievers.
  • Islam must come to power.
  • Jihad is the only way to victory.
  • Faith is the attraction.

The Sharia , the God-given law, has an absolute claim for Islamists. After Gabriel condemn jihadist the democracy as these the people gives power to determine for themselves instead of God upon the laws.

The author advocates a new Arabic translation of the Bible in which the Arabic word Allah is no longer used for “God” because this was only introduced later in the 19th century. As Thomas Schirrmacher was able to show, this assumption does not correspond to the facts. The word has been used by Arabic-speaking Christians as a designation for God since late antiquity .

Publications

  • Against the Tides in the Middle East. A true story of Mustafa, Former teacher of Islamic History at Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. International Academic Center for Muslim Evangelism, Brixton (South Africa) 1997, ISBN 1875095276 (published under the author's name Mustafa ).
  • Islam and Terrorism. What the Koran really teaches about Christianity, violence and the goals of jihad. Resch, Graefelfing 2004, ISBN 3-935197-39-X .
  • Jesus and Mohammed. Amazing differences and surprising similarities. Resch, Graefelfing 2006, ISBN 3-935197-52-7 (translation of the dissertation).
  • Motives of Islamic terrorists. A journey into your religious world of thought. Resch, Graefelfing 2007, ISBN 978-3-935197-51-9 .
  • Swislam - How Much Can the Country Endure? Salpe, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-9523801-0-9 (on Islam in Switzerland).
  • Israel in danger. The next move by Islam against the Jews. Resch, Graefelfing 2011, ISBN 978-3-935197-61-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.drmarkgabriel.com/links.html
  2. ↑ End of Illusion - Islam, Koran and Christianity . Autobiography from the magazine ethos 2 | 2005
  3. ↑ Jesus and Muhammad: Profound Differences and Surprising Similarities. 2004
  4. ↑ An imam meets Jesus, HMK series of events together with Dr. Mark A. Gabriel ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Information page for a lecture series in June 2012 in Switzerland, accessed on June 22, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hmk-aem.ch
  5. ↑ See for example the blurb of the book Islam and Terrorism .
  6. ↑ «Swislam»: Ex-Muslim writes a book about Islam in Switzerland (PDF; 39 kB). Press release on the book launch on April 14, 2011 in Zurich, accessed on June 22, 2012
  7. ↑ Islam and Terrorism: What the Quran Really Teaches About Christianity, Violence, and the Goals of Jihad. Resch, Graefelfing 2004.
  8. ^ A b Friedrich Schneider, Bernhard Hoferin: Causes and Effects of Worldwide Terrorism. An analysis of the social and economic effects and new approaches to dealing with terror. Springer, Heidelberg 2008, p. 41 ff.
  9. ↑ Thomas Schirrmacher: On the demand of Mark A. Gabriel, we needed a new Arabic translation of the Bible without 'Allah' . Retrieved February 27, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Gabriel, Mark A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian-American publicist
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Egypt