Built on Primary Sources

Not opinion. Not headlines. Every session draws directly from Islamic texts, manuscript evidence, and peer-reviewed historical research.

Designed for the Local Church

Written for small groups, Sunday school classes, and adult education. Leader guides and participant workbooks included.

Part of a Complete Curriculum

Course 1 is the foundation. The full Alif curriculum covers 8 courses and 51 lessons -- everything a church needs to engage Islam with confidence.

About the course

Most Christians know that Islam is the world's second largest religion. Few know what it actually claims -- about its book, its prophet, or the history behind both. This course covers the three questions that matter most before any serious engagement with Islam can begin. What does the Quran actually say, and how was it compiled? Who was Muhammad according to Islamic sources themselves? And what does the archaeology of early Islam reveal that the traditional narrative does not? No sensationalism. No culture war talking points. Just the primary sources, the historical record, and the questions that follow honestly from both. Course 1 includes 13 sessions across 5 units, a complete participant workbook, and a full leader guide for group facilitators. Student enrollment: $97 Church and leader license: $497

A. C. Rosenthal

A.C. Rosenthal is the author of three books, Two of which are on Islamic origins and manuscript evidence, including The Two Muhammads: What History and Manuscripts Reveal About the Islamic Dilemma, from which this course is an extension of. He is a self-educated researcher with over 1,300 titles in Islamic studies, church history, and comparative religion. He has no university post and no denomination behind him. What he has is a nail gun, ten trades, and a decade of serious reading. The Books, the Alif curriculum and other courses are the result.

Curriculum

5 Chapters · 52 Lessons

  1. 1

    Course Companion Workbook

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      Courses 1-4 Workbook Material

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    Course 1: THE BOOK, THE MAN, AND THE PLACE

    1. A Word Before you Begin Free preview
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      1.1 – Why Method Matters Before Content

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      1.2 – The Problem of Unity: When Certainty Is Pre-Loaded

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      2.1 – The Traditional Muhammad: What Islam Claims

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      2.2 – What Islamic Sources Actually Say About Muhammad

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      2.3 – The Reluctant Prophet Problem

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      3.1 – How the Quran Was Compiled

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      3.2 – Variant Readings (Qira’at) and the Preservation Claim

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      3.3 – Historical Errors in the Quran

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      4.1 – What Islam Claims About Mecca

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      4.2 – What the Archaeology Shows

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      4.3 – When Belonging Replaces Inquiry

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      5.1 – The Vanishing Center

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      5.2 – Two Models of Authority: Jesus and Muhammad

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    Course 2: Introduction to Islam

    1. Unit 1 · The Foundations: Submission to the One God Free preview
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      1.1 – What Is Islam?

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      1.2 – The Five Pillars and Six Articles of Faith

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      1.3 – The Quran: Islam's Supreme Authority

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      2.1 – Muhammad's Life: The Islamic Narrative

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      2.2 – The Role of Muhammad in Muslim Life

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      3.1 – What Is Sharia?

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      3.2 – Islamic Family Law and Women's Status

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      4.1 – The Islamic View of God

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      4.2 – The Islamic Jesus (Isa)

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      4.3 – Sunni, Shia, and Sufi: Islam's Internal Diversity

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    Course 3: The Islamic Dilemma

    1. Unit 1 · Standard Islamic Doctrine on Scripture Free preview
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      1.1 – What Islam Teaches About the Bible

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      1.2 – The Islamic Dilemma: The Logical Core

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      1.3 – Escape Routes and Why They Fail

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      2.1 – The Historical Case for the Four Gospels

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      2.2 – What Early Muslims Said the Injil Was

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      2.3 – The Bridge Principle and Conclusion

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      3.1 - Moses and The Torah

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      3.2 – David and the Psalms

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      3.3 – Isaiah and the Suffering Servant

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      3.4 – Jesus and the Contradiction at the Heart of Islam

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      4.1 – What Is Abrogation (Naskh)?

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      4.2 – The 'Peaceful Islam' Claim vs. the Abrogation Reality

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    Course 4: Islam in the Modern West

    1. Unit 1 · Islam as a Total System: Not Just a Religion Free preview
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      1.1 – The Comprehensive Claim

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      1.2 – Reform vs. Constraint: Why Integration Has a Ceiling

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      2.1 – What Is Dawah?

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      2.2 – The Standard Dawah Script and How to Recognize It

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      3.1 – Islamic Blasphemy and Apostasy Law

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      3.2 – Blasphemy Law by Other Names: Hate Speech and Protected Status

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      3.3 – Sharia Compliance in Western Institutions

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      4.1 – What Is Political Islam (Islamism)?

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      4.2 – The Documented Trajectory: Case Studies

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      4.3 – How Authority Manages Silence: The Media Narrative

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      5.1 – What To Do With What You Know

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      5.2 – When Someone You Know Is Muslim

Your Church Deserves Better Than Guesswork

Islam is not going away. The questions your congregation is already asking deserve real answers grounded in history and primary sources -- not talking points and not panic. Course 1 is where that preparation begins. 

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