Fighting The Forbidden

My best friend’s little sister is the ultimate forbidden fruit. I’m the bad boy. She’s the good girl. I’ve fought for survival all my life. My best friend and I have built an empire with our fists, sweat, and blood. There’s nothing I won’t do to protect her, no matter the sacrifice—even my own heart. I should know better than to want her. She’s got big dreams that don’t involve me. I need to set her free so she can escape our small town. Not just for her sake—if her brother finds out about us, it’s more than my heart that could be broken. But one kiss from her soft lips, and I know I’ll never let her go. USA Today bestselling author Autumn Jones Lake welcomes you to her captivating new series full of passion, longing, and the unbreakable bonds of chosen family. brother's best friend, best friend's little sister, MMA, underground fighter, mechanic, blue collar worker, morally gray hero, touch her and die, protective hero, possessive hero, chosen family, found family, childhood friends, overcoming childhood trauma, car racing, coming of age, new adult, friends to lover, virgin, reality television, lost kings mc, lost kings motorcycle club, lost kings mc world, upstate New York, small town romance

While there exists no evidence to date that the indigenous inhabitants of Arabia knew of holy war prior to Islam, holy war ideas and behaviors appear already among Muslims during the first generation. This book focuses on why and how such a seemingly radical development took place. Basing his hypothesis on evidence from the Qur'an and early Islamic literary sources, Firestone locates the origin of Islamic holy war and traces its evolution as a response to the changes affecting the new community of Muslims in its transition from ancient Arabian culture to the religious civilization of Islam.

Losing her nearly destroyed me. Reclaiming her is something I've waited years for. I can see it in her eyes, feel it in her touch. The desire, the temptation, she needs me just as much as I need her. But there's something else there, defiance. She's never forgotten me, after all this time, but has she forgiven me? Turns out she's forgetting one thing... she's mine. I'm not letting go this time. Fighting for the Forbidden is the emotional final installment of Tracy Lorraine's new spinoff trilogy of her Falling series.

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Contact between Islam and the West is 1400 years old. Both sides have had more than adequate time to become familiar with the other. Yet the world is still arguing about Islam’s teachings. Is Islam peaceful? Does it commend violence? Does Islam respect “the other”? Does Islam abuse women? Is Islam anti-Semitic? Does Islam teach the Torment of the Grave? Does Islam recommend the beating of wives? Do Muslim Scriptures commend Temporary Marriage of Pleasure? Did Zayd divorce Zaynab because he had no further need of her? All these questions are easy to settle for anyone who can read Islamic Scripture in Arabic. The author of this book is such a person. However, to answer all these questions in the affirmative would do the image of Islam much damage in the West, where Islam is keen to present a polished image, especially in the light of much violence committed in its name against westerners. Muslim leaders, and their allies in the West, have popularised a distinction between Muslims and Islamists, in order to distance Islam from thousands of heinous Muslim crimes such as the Charlie Hebdo massacre. Are the English translations of the Qur’an faithful to the original Arabic? Or are they part of the charm offensive Muslim Petro-dollars have financed for years, through sponsorship of university departments of Islamic studies, investing in western media and publishing, building Islamic centres and financing Islamic societies and pressure groups throughout the West. This work gives English readers the ability to access the original Arabic of the Qur’an and hadith, and see the true face of Islam, without its face powder. It is hoped that this work will assist free thinkers to form their own opinion of Islam, based on the true Qur’an, without interference from Muslim propaganda or any agenda driven discourses.