Islam and Women: Part 3 of my Jerry Rassamni Interview
As a woman, the beliefs and practices of Islam, one of the fastest growing religions in the world, are of particular interest to me. What does Islam teach about women? And how do I reach out to my Muslim 
neighbors and friends with a message of hope?
Jerry Rassamni was raised Muslim in Lebanon and found himself living out his beliefs with a gun during the bloody civil war. In his book From Jihad to Jesus, this ex-Muslim militia fighter shares his story as well as the compelling evidence that led him to abandon Islam and choose to follow Jesus.
In this last of my three-part interview with Jerry, he answered a few questions about Islam and women. His answers shocked me.
Q. Can you talk about women’s rights and shari’a (religious law)? Are women and men treated differently? Why?
A. Women have the value of a shoe, according to the Shari’a law. For instance, in Saudi Arabia, the 
seat of Islam, women cannot show up in courts, drive cars, or wear red on Valentine’s Day. They are banned from sciences, sports, and arts. By law, they must abide by the seventh-century dress code of the prophet’s wives. Islam’s prophet is also reputed to have said that "hell is full of women." I truly believe that there’s a deep seeded enmity between the adversary and women since God promised that the Messiah will come through the seed of the woman (virgin born).
Q. What does Christianity offer that Islam does not?
A. Salvation and the intimacy of a personal relationship with the creator are the foremost things offered by Christianity while notably absent in Islam. Muslims follow religious pillars all their lives hoping that their good deeds will outweigh their bad deeds on the Day of Judgment, but they never have the assurance of eternal life. Also, unlike Islam, in Christianity, God is not a distant impersonal God, but
He is a personal heavenly father who longs for a personal relationship with each of us through His Son Jesus Christ.
Q. What can Christian women do to effectively reach out to Muslim women here in the U.S.?
A. They must first and foremost pray for them, and then build relationships with them. Christians cannot win anyone into the kingdom by shoving the Gospel down their throats, but they have to live the Gospel. The people who had the biggest impact in reaching me with the Gospel didn’t know the first thing about Islam, but they knew a language that transcends cultures: unconditional love. They were 
Christ with skin on to me. They made the light of God shine through them.
Find out more about Jerry, read his blog, or ask him a question at www.fromjihadtojesus.com.
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