{"id":22363,"date":"2025-08-27T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drissner.mediadia\/islam-for-nerds\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T17:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T16:47:26","slug":"islam-for-nerds","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drissner.media\/en\/islam-for-nerds\/","title":{"rendered":"Islam for Nerds"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"22363\" class=\"elementor elementor-22363 elementor-6094\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e428569 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e428569\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-906785d elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"906785d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Islam for Nerds<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f79f6b5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f79f6b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75e8494 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"75e8494\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab2a85a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab2a85a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>500 Questions and Answers on the world&#8217;s most misinterpreted religion <\/b>(500 questions about Islam)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>November 2016<\/li>\n<li>Publisher: <a href=\"https:\/\/pochemuchka-books.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pochemuchka books<\/a><\/li>\n<li>752 pages<\/li>\n<li>Language: English<\/li>\n<li>ISBN-13: 978-3-9819848-9-7<\/li>\n<li>ISBN-13 (Hardcover): 978-3981984835<\/li>\n<li>E-book, paperback and hardcover are available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.de\/gp\/product\/3981984897\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=arabfornerd-21&amp;camp=1638&amp;creative=6742&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=3981984897&amp;linkId=699764c7e3cd496f3a976f752abb2391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amazon<\/a> and almost all booksellers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b888c3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b888c3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a47e091 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a47e091\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1229\" src=\"https:\/\/drissner.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/i4n_P_9783981984897-768x1229.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11324 not-transparent\" alt=\"Cover of the book &amp;apos;Islam for NERDS&amp;apos; by Gerald Drissner, featuring stylized Arabic script in green and a textured background with geometric patterns in gray and blue tones.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drissner.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/i4n_P_9783981984897-768x1229.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drissner.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/i4n_P_9783981984897-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/drissner.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/i4n_P_9783981984897-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/drissner.media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/i4n_P_9783981984897.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" data-dominant-color=\"cacdcc\" style=\"--dominant-color: #cacdcc\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8779777 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8779777\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e250fa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e250fa6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"background-color: #af3543; padding: 2px 10px 2px 10px;\">Summary<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7ff7bf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c7ff7bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccfb794 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ccfb794\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bb9186 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bb9186\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This book takes the reader on a <strong>fascinating journey into the world of Islam<\/strong>. The reader learns <strong>anecdotes<\/strong> and <strong>facts<\/strong> about Islam and its history, about the Koran, the <strong>Prophet Mohammed<\/strong> and his traditions and wisdom<strong>(hadiths<\/strong>) &#8211; summarized in<strong> 500 questions and answers<\/strong> that the author collected during his stay in the Arab and Muslim world. <br><br>In North Africa and the Middle East, he learned <strong>everything <\/strong><strong> that children there already know<\/strong>, but that most people in other parts of the world have never heard of. He had countless conversations with neighbors, teachers, scholars and ordinary people on the street. <br><br>The book explains <strong>Islam in all its complexity<\/strong>. The author also addresses current topics: Islam in the West, women and jihad. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4227ca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a4227ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c748fe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c748fe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"background-color: #af3543; padding: 2px 10px 2px 10px;\">Comments on the book<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5862b7e e-flex 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