THE CONCEPT OF GOD ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY & JUDAISM From an Islamic Perspective By Khaled Askar Preface We are a reflection of our upbringings, a production of our societies, governed by the elements of our sociocultural backgrounds, influenced by religions, controlled by traditions, shaped by our experiences and encounters, and manipulated by our sociopolitical surroundings. With such complex sociocultural context, faith is destined to be radically influenced. Any attempt to question such faith or validate its authenticity will be met with vicious resistance unless one is willing to break loose from the chains of their own mental confinement, and set themselves free from the imaginative imprisonment of society’s cultural influences. Only then, one can practice their God given right to think, question, and reason beyond the boundaries of what is perceived as postulates, and become active and liberal thinkers. I dedicate this book to all the free thinkers who refuse to restr