The War for Islam
Political/Religious Fiction
by Stafford Betty
It is 2090 and the world is on the verge of domination by the Caliphate. The future hangs in the balance as the religion of peace struggles against violent opposition. Islamist fanatics covering the globe are killing, burning, and bombing in an extravagant display of well-coordinated force designed to terrorize humanity out of its “godless slumber.” But two brilliant Muslim women are determined to save their religion from its counterfeit, supported by the non-Muslim religion professor they both love. Their weapons aren’t guns and bombs, but ideas and inspired brave leadership. As they race to show the world a new way to be Muslim and strive to return tolerance and understanding to the human race, their breathtaking adventure takes the reader from New York City to Europe, Japan, India, and Sudan. The bizarre massacres devised by the Caliphate keep steady pressure on these complex and courageous women, as do the multi-million-dollar fatwas on their lives… Can the war for the very soul of Islam be won?
REVIEW
3 out of 5
This brilliantly illustrates the different sides of Islam – the radicalized one that much of the world fears, and the peaceful one that not enough of the world knows. Even set 90 years in the future, one can see how fears and prejudices today could affect the future. I don’t like that it’s two women looking to a Christian man to help them “save” anything. It’s continuing the idea that Christians have an obligation to save souls. Great premise, and interesting story. Phrasing it as a “war for the soul of Islam” and following up with a Christian savior is just a bit cringy.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Stafford Betty is an afterlife researcher and novelist. His nonfiction books include The Afterlife Unveiled (2011), Heaven and Hell Unveiled (2014), and When Did You Ever Become Less by Dying? Afterlife: The Evidence (2016). His latest book, The Afterlife Therapist (2020), is a novel set in the afterlife and vividly brings to life his research. His next novel, The Womanpriest, will be available May 2023. In 2020 he retired from a teaching career at California State University, Bakersfield, where he taught his favorite course, The Meaning of Death. Now he writes full-time.