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OFFICIAL E&AM CHANNEL FROM WWW.EAMCANADA.ORG On Saturday September 27, 2014, Jay Smith and Dr. Shabir Ally debated on 'Which is the Word of God? TheBible or the Qur'an?'
Jay Smith is an Evangelist and Apologist to Muslims, he holds a Masters degree in Islamic studies from Fuller Theological Seminary and is currently working on a Ph.D at Melbourne School of Theology. Jay is an expert in Christian-Muslim Apologetics, having worked with Muslims for over 33 years. He is famous for his unique evangelistic ministry. Every weekend he leads dozens of Christians to the Speakers Corner in Hyde Park in London, where they meet with hundreds of Muslims face-to-face, to make friends, answer tough questions, debate the latest research and ideas, and share their faith.
Dr. Shabir Ally holds an M.A. and PhD in Islamic studies from the University of Toronto. He completed his B.A. in Religious Studies from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, with a specialization in Biblical Literature. For over 30 years, he has been an active member of the Muslim community in Toronto, as well as an active participant in interfaith dialogues and initiatives. He is an internationally sought after speaker, scholar and theologian, and is the author of numerous books on Islam and the Abrahamic faiths. He has recently taught courses on Arabic, the Quran, and Islam at the University of Toronto in the Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations department. He is President of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre International in Toronto.
The Moderator of the Debate, Steven Martins, is a Christian Apologist with the organizers Evangelium & Apologia Ministries. He holds a Bachelor of Human Resource Management, is working towards a Masters in Religious Studies, and specializes in evangelism, apologetics, and training & development. He has agreed to take on the neutral role of the moderator to facilitate fair and open debate between both highly-esteemed speakers and to encourage positive conversations between the Christian and Muslim communities.
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Who is Shabir Ally?Shabir Ally is a Canadian Muslim preacher who serves as the president of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre International in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ally is known for promoting a contextual interpretation of the Quranic verses, but seeks to find their justification in similar expressions within the Christian Bible. He has debated William Lane Craig, David Wood, Nabeel Qureshi, Michael Licona and John Dominic Crossan. He has also debated apologists James White and Jay Smith.
Who is Jay Smith?Jay Smith (born 1953) is a Christian evangelist, apologist and polemicist. Since 1983, he has been a full-time missionary with the Brethren in Christ Mission with a focus on apologetics and polemics among the Muslims of London. In 2010, Smith resumed work on his Ph.D at the Melbourne School of Theology which he completed in March of 2017. He helped run the Hyde Park Christian Fellowship, which emphasises the use of Polemics with Muslims alongside Apologetics, and has made appearances at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, London for over 24 years.
Who is GOD?In monotheism and henotheism, God is conceived as the Supreme Being and principal object of faith. The concept of God as described by theologians commonly includes the attributes of omniscience (infinite knowledge), omnipotence (unlimited power), omnipresence (present everywhere), omnibenevolence (perfect goodness), divine simplicity, and eternal and necessary existence. In theism, God is the creator and sustainer of the universe In deism, God is the creator, but not the sustainer, of the universe Monotheism is the belief in the existence of one God or in the oneness of God In pantheism, God is the universe itself In atheism, God is purported not to exist, while deemed unknown or unknowable within the context of agnosticism.
