The Tehran Initiative by Joel C. Rosenberg

Genre: Political Thriller 

 
This is the second in a trilogy. The first book I reviewed here. This book continues the plot line, but as far as content advisory, nothing has changed from the first book, so refer to that review. However, one question I promised I'd answer as I continued the series was whether or not I saw evidence in these books of Rosenberg being sympathetic to the insider movement, a translating and evangelism philosophy for Muslims that, for all its good intentions, has sought to water down the truth of the Bible in order to not offend. And I am happy to report, that at least in these novels, there is no evidence that Rosenberg believes any such thing. In fact, his Muslim-background believer character risks his life to share the gospel with his countrymen, and he doesn't do it by doing things like going to the mosque and going through the motions of Islam (as supporters of the insider movement would suggest Muslim believers do). The third book comes out this fall, so perhaps we'll have wait until then for a final verdict.