Review – Mohamed’s Moon

When Mohamed’s father decides to become a suicide bomber in order to ensure that his wife and child will be taken care of, he dies a hero for Allah in their native land of Egypt. But Mohamed’s mother is less than thrilled, especially when her husband’s death means that her brother-in-law is claiming her as his second wife, and her young son as his. A Christian, she wants more for her son, and will do just about anything to escape.

Twelve years later, Mohamed is in the United States, preparing his own terrorist attack to bring the USA to its knees. But in the states he runs into the girl he used to love in Egypt. Worse, she’s a Christian. Even worse than that, she’s engaged to an identical twin brother that Mohamed didn’t even know he had.

Now, Mohamed must decide what he should do. Perform the terrorism act that he is ordained of Allah to complete and kill both his brother and the woman he loves…or defy Allah and somehow stop his militant group from acting.

Mohamed’s Moon is being compared with some of Ted Dekker’s books. I have honestly never read any of Dekker’s books, so I have nothing to base this comparison on. However, Mohamed’s Moon is gripping and I was quickly caught up in the lives of the main characters and caring for them. I’m not a Muslim, and don’t really understand a concept of a god that requires suicide bombers in order to be a hero, but Mr. Clemons did a good job of showing the turmoil that a suicide bomber might feel to come to that decision and then execute it.

I enjoyed reading Mohamed’s Moon and highly recommend this book.