Why I Forsook Islam

Timothy was not a curious outsider looking in at Islam. He was an Imam, trained from early childhood in the Qur'an and Hadith, raised in a devout Muslim family, and entrusted to lead prayers and teach the faithful in mosques.Then, on an ordinary evening in 2006, a single verse of the Qur'an stopped him cold.What followed was a private, dangerous, and ultimately unstoppable search for truth, one that led him out of the mosque and into a decision that Islam considers a capital offense. In these pages, Timothy tells the story with unflinching honesty: the fear-filled walk to his first church service, the night he was baptized, and the three separate attempts on his life that followed, including a mob that surrounded him and demanded his execution on the spot.This is not a book written to mock or insult the faith he left. It is the testimony of a man who lost his family's love, his position, and very nearly his life, and who says without hesitation that it was worth it.Told with the perspective of one who has stood on both sides, Why I Forsook Islam is a firsthand account of costly conviction, and an invitation to anyone, of any background, still searching for truth.