New Podcast Let Us Reason – A Christian/Muslim Dialogue

Al Fadi asks the question above. He gives a lot of Bible verses to show that if we believe in Jesus we have eternal life; 1John 5: 12-13 , John 5: 24, Romans 8:16, just to mention a few. And nothing can separate us from God's love or snatch us out of his hands John 10:29, Romans 8:38,39.  Our salvation is sure as Christian and the scripture proves it ; not so in the Quran or by Mohammad Sura 46:8-9, Sura 10:94.  Not even the Hadith ; Sahih Bukhari vol. 5, book 58, #266 and vol 4, book 51, # 16;  Mohammad was not sure of his salvation or the salvation of his family or any Muslim.  Al Fadi asks the question ; why would you follow someone who doesn't have an assurance of salvation? and says that Jesus is the way, and the life. 

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In this episode Al Fadi answers the question on his Facebook page; Alfadi.cira,  " If Mohammad is a prophet like Moses why did he violate the Sabbath".  Mohammad acknowledged in Sura 4:154 that the Sabbath was not to be violated .  In Hadith Al Bukhari B2,V13:1,21, Mohammad did not honor the Sabbath, but introduced his own holy day; Friday, thus dishonoring the Sabbath .  Therefore he is not a prophet like Moses.

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Al Fadi and Anthony Rogers continue in the series about Christ in the Psalms.  In this episode they compare two sets of Psalms that compares to the first two Psalms.  Psalm 18 and 19 ; Psalm 18 is a Messianic Psalm that talks about the suffering of the Messiah, while Psalm19 is a Psalm about the Torah/law of the Lord.  Another pair of Psalms that are like that are Psalm 118 and 119.  Psalm 118 is Messianic  while Psalm 119 is about the law or the Torah of the Lord.  They encourage you to read the Psalms looking for the Messiah.

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Al Fadi and Anthony Rogers continue their discussion about Christ in the book of Psalms.  They show how Psalm 1 and 2 are the the preface / introduction to the book.  In Psalm 1 the blessed man(Christ) is singular vs. the wicked (sinners) is plural .  The law of the Lord is the Torah of the Lord, and His delight is in the Torah.  The phrase like a tree is also repeated in Psalm 52; like a green olive tree; an imagery of Eden.  In Psalm 92 : 12 talks about the righteous one.  Psalm 2 plays off of Psalm one that the wicked will perish because they did not reverence the son; the righteous one.

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Al and Anthony Rogers start a new series talking about how David used the Psalms to reveal Christ.  The book of Psalms is not a haphazard book , but an organized book that talks about Christ the Messiah.  The book is divided into five books to resemble the five book of Moses. There is a hundred names in the book of Psalms about Jesus ; the blessed man, the afflicted, and the tree of life just to name a few. This should give us a new perspective when we read the Psalms; they are all about Jesus not just some.

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Mel and Al continue to discuss the origin of the name Mehmet and today they discuss what the Sufis think and believe. They say that Mehmet was the source of light and Adam was created by him. This name was used to refer to God/ Jesus, and later evolved to refer to an Arabian prophet.  Mehmet was originally a title and it was used for centuries before it was changed to Mohammad.  In other words Mehmet was a reference to God; the highly praised one, and was applied to Jesus on coins. 

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Al Fadi and Brother Mel continue to use more Quranic verses to show that the Quran refers to Jesus when he mentions the name Mohammad, Sura 33:40, Sura 3:144. They also discuss the term Angel of the Lord in Genesis 16: 8-10 , 22:11-12 who Christians believe is the the Lord Jesus is the only one that can claim the promises in those verses.

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Al and Mel continue their discussion about the origin of the name Mohammad/ Mehmet.  Today they start by talking about the use of the cross on an inscription by an Arab ruler named Mu'aweiah; he was called the commander of the believers, and from the sound of it he was a Christian who was crowned king in Jerusalem and ruled from Damascus.

Next they talk about the references in the Quran to a person called Mehmet and Ahmed.  They discuss Suras 47:2, 45:29 and 19:30-31. They point to how the name fits in being used in reference to Jesus.

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Mel says that in  the ancient Ugaritic language about three thousand years ago the name Muhammad/ Mehmet meant desirable or precious.  Also in Sematic it meant  Barak; blessed and was meant for the Messiah.  Mel also talks about having the Name on coins with crosses on them; for example a 6th century coin in Yemen in 523 A.D. with the name Mehmet in Sabaic script. The term was used for Jesus and then was taken by the Muslims to mean an Arabian prophet. 

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Al Fadi and brother Mel. start a new series on the origin of the name Mohammad.  1. Where is it in the Bible. 2. The earliest reference to Mehmet. 3.The use of the name on coins. 4. The seventh century chronicles. 5. Who is Mehmet in the Quran. The origin of the name Mehmet in Hebrew means" the desired one" (ps. 68:16, Pro. 12:12).  In Song of Salomon(16:5), it is referring to the Messiah; all together lovely.  Both Jews and Christian say that the name refers to the Messiah. Since the Messiah is Jewish it can not refer to Mohammad the Arabian prophet.

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Al Fadi and Anthony Rogers continue their discussion of Isaiah 53.  In this session they discuss how Jesus and His disciples talked about the fulfillment of Isaiah 53; 1. In Luke 24 after Jesus's resurrection ; he is explaining to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus  how the Christ will suffer, die and come back to life.  2. All four accounts of the gospel mention Isaiah 40 a voice crying out in the wilderness . 3. Jesus told his disciples that he will go to Jerusalem to die.  4. Another example was in Acts 8 where Philip is explaining the suffering Messiah to the Ethiopian who was reading Isaiah 53.  

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Al Fadi and Anthony Rogers continue in Isaiah 53 about the reason for the death of the righteous servant.  It is atone for the guilt of the people (53:5,11).  This is the gospel message in advance.  The gospel is the good news; in Isaiah 40:9, 52:7.  Is. 53:1 the gospel is proclaimed. The gospel of Mark starts as it is written in Isaiah.  Zachariah 6:12 talks about the branch/ The Nazarene/ the Messiah. 

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Al Fadi and Anthony Rogers continue discussing Isaiah 52 and 53, They notice that this servant is an individual, a human, a man, not a nation.  The pronoun "He" is being used many times.  In Isaiah 52:13, This servant will be highly exalted.  In Isaiah 2, the Lord alone will be exalted; This shows the divine identity of this figure.  Isaiah 52: says that this upright man will suffer and die, buried , resurrected and exalted (Is. 52:13,14).  He will be stricken, smitten , and afflicted (Is. 53:4) . He will be chastened, scourged , and crushed (Is. 53: 5). This figure will die for the sins of his people, and he will succeed. This person is the Lord Jesus.

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Al Fadi and Anthony Rogers begin a new series on the book of Isaiah, and focus on Isaiah 53.  Isaiah's name means Yahweh saves, which reminds us Jesus's name.   In this series they will cover the following: 1. Chapter 52-53 see that the Messiah will bring a new and greater exodus; redemption.  2. The Messiah is both a suffering servant and the incarnate deity.  3. That He will die and will be exalted; He will die as a substitutionary atonement for sinners and secure justification before God.

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Muslims deny that God is triunity , yet in the Quran God is referred to with the plural pronoun" we".  In Sura 2:23,106, Sura10: 94, and Sura 66:12 where  it says that God and the Holy Spirt breathed into Mary.  Also in the Quran it says that the Spirit appeared to Mary in the form of a man.  Muslims can not explain the plurality of God and also his oneness. But Christian do throughout the Bible because God revealed himself that way.

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Al Fadi and Dr David continue to disprove the myth of the perfect preservation of the Quran.  In this episode they go to a book called Fadaelle Al Quran;  in Sura 33 there is only 73 verses left of 200 original verses; the reason is that a sheep ate it according to Ayesha who had the only copy of the sura.  According to Muslims the Quran was preserved by memory. in Sura 87: 6,7 Allah allows Mohammad to forget some suras that He wills.  In Hadith Al Bukhari 50:38,39 Mohammad claims that Allah caused him to forget some verses.

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Mohammad married Ayesha at age 6 and consummated the marriage at age 9.  The Quran allows marriage of  prepubescent child (Sura 65:4).  And since Muslims believe that Muhammad was an example for mankind; therefore Islam allows child marriage.  In order to justify that; the Muslim Da'wa team lie about girls being married as a child in the Bible; Mary is one example. They find unreliable Catholic apocryphal sources. Al and David discuss this matter in more details.

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The lie of the perfect preservation of the Quran is no longer believable. Dr wood and Al Fadi discuss the discovery of multiple copies of the Quran that don't agree with each other.  They also discuss the debate between Muslim scholars and debaters about how to answer  the false claim of the preservation of the Quran. 

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith discuss the incarnation of Jesus; the word became flesh. Muslims deny that God can come to earth even though the story of the burning bush is in Chapter 20:10-14 of the Quran . The only way to have a holy ground is if God is there. They also talk about the two types of revelations; the general revelation/ creation, and special revelation. Christians agree on the general revelation .  Muslims believe that the Quran is a special revelation; is eternal, sent down, complete, and unchanged .The Quran is not complete and it changed according to all the research that was done.  Christians believe that Jesus is the Word of God, eternal, came down , never changed, and the only complete revelation of God.  

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Sin in Islam is a set of dos and don'ts, Muslims believe there is two angels that are assigned to every person at birth to record their good and bad deeds, and that good deeds cancel out bad deeds. The Bible says that sin is much deeper that that, it took one sin to get Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden. They could no longer talk to God in person.  All creation was affected by that sin. We are all out of the Garden because God is holy.  God is the only one who can fix sin's problem. God made a covenant with Abraham were He alone can fulfill  in Genesis 15 .  Only God can atone for our sin through Jesus's ( the only sinless person) sacrifice which was promised in Genesis 3:15 that the seed of the woman ( Jesus) will crush the head of the serpent (Satan). To be continued in the next episode

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Al Fadi and Dr jay Smith  discuss more doctrinal differences between Christianity and Islam and today they start with the trinity; they point out how the Christian God is relational both in the God head and with His creation.  They point out that we are made in God's image to be relational too.  Second they show the difference between Christians who are children of God versus Muslims who are slaves of Allah. Children can call God Daddy, and communicate with God without fear; Muslims are afraid of their God and must submit to him as master. 

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This is a start of a new series called The Hermeneutical Key; it is the key to interpret scripture.  Today's topic is The Garden of Eden.  In the Bible (Genesis 3:8,9 ) we read the story of the fall of Adam and Eve ; God was walking and talking with them; He had a relationship with them.  Also in the Bible the Garden of Eden was on earth.  In the Quran, Chapter (2: 30-39,7: 19-25); the garden of Eden is in heaven, God is not in the garden.  This means we are not talking about the same thing; the God of the Bible is omnipotent,; he entered time and space and took on a human form.  The God of the Bible is not the Allah of the Quran.  

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Al Fadi and Michael Jones discuss the effects of polygamy in Islam which allows for polygamy. Muslims claim that the Bible has polygamy in it. The truth is that  the old testament records the sins of some characters in the Bible who practiced polygamy ,but is not so from the beginning in Genesis 2:24 that a man leaves his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh, as when God brought Eve to Adam and Jesus later confirmed it in Matthew 19: 1-9 .  They also discuss the scientific results of mental health issues that both women and children suffer in a polygamist marriages.   

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Today Al Fadi and Michael Jones talk about the mental and the social harm of child marriage.  Islam promotes child marriage as we saw in a previous episode.  Studies shows the mental harm that it causes from depression, anxiety, phobia, and suicidal thoughts just to name a few.  The social harm are death during child birth, cervical cancer, STDs, and being a victim of domestic violence.  They conclude that child marriage is to be outlawed if Muslims really care about their daughters.  

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Al Fadi and his guest speaker Michael Jones of ( Inspiring Philosophy You Tube Channel) talk about why is child marriage allowed and promoted in Islam; 1. It was done by Mohammad who is an example to Muslims when he married Aisha at age six. 2. It is done to protect the parents social status and not the Girl's well being.  3. Muslims also claim that it reduces premarital sex. Yet the physical harm that is caused to the girls is great because of their undeveloped bodies; death and infection are two harms. The united nations classify any girl under 18  as a child. In Chapter 65:4  the Quran promotes child marriage. 

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Today Al Fadi and Michael Jones talk about the mental and the social harm of child marriage.  Islam promotes child marriage as we saw in a previous episode.  Studies shows the mental harm that it causes from depression, anxiety, phobia, and suicidal thoughts just to name a few.  The social harm are death during child birth, cervical cancer, STDs, and being a victim of domestic violence.  They conclude that child marriage is to be outlawed if Muslims really care about their daughters.  

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Al Fadi and his guest speaker Michael Jones of ( Inspiring Philosophy You Tube Channel) talk about why is child marriage allowed and promoted in Islam; 1. It was done by Mohammad who is an example to Muslims when he married Aisha at age six. 2. It is done to protect the parents social status and not the Girl's well being.  3. Muslims also claim that it reduces premarital sex. Yet the physical harm that is caused to the girls is great because of their undeveloped bodies; death and infection are two harms. The united nations classify any girl under 18  as a child. In Chapter 65:4  the Quran promotes child marriage.  

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Al  Fadi continues his series on simple questions answered; this time he asks the question "My dear Muslim friends are you sure of your salvation?" In the first part of the episode he gives many references(1 John 5:12-13,John 5:24,etc)from the Bible that Christians who are in Christ are assured of their salvation by trusting what Christ did on their behalf to save them. On the other hand he points out and quotes references ( Sura46:8-9,Bukhari 5:58:266)from the Quran and hadith that says that Muhammad was not sure of his or the other Muslims salvation.  Al Fadi urges Muslims to examine the verses and see for themselves who can save, and to come to the Savior.

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In this episode Al Fadi answers the question on his Facebook page; Alfadi.cira,  " If Mohammad is a prophet like Moses why did he violate the Sabbath".  Mohammad acknowledged in Sura 4:154 that the Sabbath was not to be violated .  In Hadith Al Bukhari B2,V13:1,21, Mohammad did not honor the Sabbath, but introduced his own holy day; Friday, thus dishonoring the Sabbath .  Therefore he is not a prophet like Moses.

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Al Fadi and Anthony Rogers continue their discussion of Isaiah 53.  In this session they discuss how Jesus and His disciples talked about the fulfillment of Isaiah 53; 1. In Luke 24 after Jesus's resurrection ; he is explaining to the two disciples on the road to Emmaus  how the Christ will suffer, die and come back to life.  2. All four accounts of the gospel mention Isaiah 40 a voice crying out in the wilderness . 3. Jesus told his disciples that he will go to Jerusalem to die.  4. Another example was in Acts 8 where Philip is explaining the suffering Messiah to the Ethiopian who was reading Isaiah 53.  

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Al Fadi and Anthony Rogers continue in Isaiah 53 about the reason for the death of the righteous servant.  It is atone for the guilt of the people (53:5,11).  This is the gospel message in advance.  The gospel is the good news; in Isaiah 40:9, 52:7.  Is. 53:1 the gospel is proclaimed. The gospel of Mark starts as it is written in Isaiah.  Zachariah 6:12 talks about the branch/ The Nazarene/ the Messiah. 

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Al Fadi and Anthony Rogers continue discussing Isaiah 52 and 53, They notice that this servant is an individual, a human, a man, not a nation.  The pronoun "He" is being used many times.  In Isaiah 52:13, This servant will be highly exalted.  In Isaiah 2, the Lord alone will be exalted; This shows the divine identity of this figure.  Isaiah 52: says that this upright man will suffer and die, buried , resurrected and exalted (Is. 52:13,14).  He will be stricken, smitten , and afflicted (Is. 53:4) . He will be chastened, scourged , and crushed (Is. 53: 5). This figure will die for the sins of his people, and he will succeed. This person is the Lord Jesus.

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Al Fadi and Anthony Rogers begin a new series on the book of Isaiah, and focus on Isaiah 53.  Isaiah's name means Yahweh saves, which reminds us Jesus's name.   In this series they will cover the following: 1. Chapter 52-53 see that the Messiah will bring a new and greater exodus; redemption.  2. The Messiah is both a suffering servant and the incarnate deity.  3. That He will die and will be exalted; He will die as a substitutionary atonement for sinners and secure justification before God.

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Al Fadi summarizes the highlights of the ministry for 2023; the purpose of the ministry is to train and equip people to reach out to Muslims.   This is done through media, in person training, and special projects(ie translation). Cira international you tube channel had 181 thousands subscribers this year, 10 million views; the top video was "Allah is Satan".  The top live stream was" How the Mighty has fallen"; about Muslims leaving Islam in Pakistan. This year was also the start of an Arabic You Tube channel called " King's Church". 

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1. The gift of fulfilled prophecy. 2. God entered into the world. 3. God showing us the way back into His presence. 4. God is making it possible for us to be reconciled to Him.  5. God is saving sinners. 6. God is the one who made this sacrifice.  7. God's anointed son was born to save us. 8. This coming of Christ brings joy to men and angels.  9. The star at the top of the tree represents Christ. 10. The tree represents the cross Jesus died on.  11. God's greatest gift is His son. 12. God's peace to mankind.

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Muslims deny that God is triunity , yet in the Quran God is referred to with the plural pronoun" we".  In Sura 2:23,106, Sura10: 94, and Sura 66:12 where  it says that God and the Holy Spirt breathed into Mary.  Also in the Quran it says that the Spirit appeared to Mary in the form of a man.  Muslims can not explain the plurality of God and also his oneness. But Christian do throughout the Bible because God revealed himself that way.

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Al Fadi and Dr David continue to disprove the myth of the perfect preservation of the Quran.  In this episode they go to a book called Fadaelle Al Quran;  in Sura 33 there is only 73 verses left of 200 original verses; the reason is that a sheep ate it according to Ayesha who had the only copy of the sura.  According to Muslims the Quran was preserved by memory. in Sura 87: 6,7 Allah allows Mohammad to forget some suras that He wills.  In Hadith Al Bukhari 50:38,39 Mohammad claims that Allah caused him to forget some verses.

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Mohammad married Ayesha at age 6 and consummated the marriage at age 9.  The Quran allows marriage of  prepubescent child (Sura 65:4).  And since Muslims believe that Muhammad was an example for mankind; therefore Islam allows child marriage.  In order to justify that; the Muslim Da'wa team lie about girls being married as a child in the Bible; Mary is one example. They find unreliable Catholic apocryphal sources. Al and David discuss this matter in more details.

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The lie of the perfect preservation of the Quran is no longer believable. Dr wood and Al Fadi discuss the discovery of multiple copies of the Quran that don't agree with each other.  They also discuss the debate between Muslim scholars and debaters about how to answer  the false claim of the preservation of the Quran. 

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith discuss the incarnation of Jesus; the word became flesh. Muslims deny that God can come to earth even though the story of the burning bush is in Chapter 20:10-14 of the Quran . The only way to have a holy ground is if God is there. They also talk about the two types of revelations; the general revelation/ creation, and special revelation. Christians agree on the general revelation .  Muslims believe that the Quran is a special revelation; is eternal, sent down, complete, and unchanged .The Quran is not complete and it changed according to all the research that was done.  Christians believe that Jesus is the Word of God, eternal, came down , never changed, and the only complete revelation of God.  

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Sin in Islam is a set of dos and don'ts, Muslims believe there is two angels that are assigned to every person at birth to record their good and bad deeds, and that good deeds cancel out bad deeds. The Bible says that sin is much deeper that that, it took one sin to get Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden. They could no longer talk to God in person.  All creation was affected by that sin. We are all out of the Garden because God is holy.  God is the only one who can fix sin's problem. God made a covenant with Abraham were He alone can fulfill  in Genesis 15 .  Only God can atone for our sin through Jesus's ( the only sinless person) sacrifice which was promised in Genesis 3:15 that the seed of the woman ( Jesus) will crush the head of the serpent (Satan). To be continued in the next episode.

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Al Fadi and Dr jay Smith  discuss more doctrinal differences between Christianity and Islam and today they start with the trinity; they point out how the Christian God is relational both in the God head and with His creation.  They point out that we are made in God's image to be relational too.  Second they show the difference between Christians who are children of God versus Muslims who are slaves of Allah. Children can call God Daddy, and communicate with God without fear; Muslims are afraid of their God and must submit to him as master. 

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This is a start of a new series called The Hermeneutical Key; it is the key to interpret scripture.  Today's topic is The Garden of Eden.  In the Bible (Genesis 3:8,9 ) we read the story of the fall of Adam and Eve ; God was walking and talking with them; He had a relationship with them.  Also in the Bible the Garden of Eden was on earth.  In the Quran, Chapter (2: 30-39,7: 19-25); the garden of Eden is in heaven, God is not in the garden.  This means we are not talking about the same thing; the God of the Bible is omnipotent,; he entered time and space and took on a human form.  The God of the Bible is not the Allah of the Quran.  

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Al Fadi and Michael Jones discuss the effects of polygamy in Islam which allows for polygamy. Muslims claim that the Bible has polygamy in it. The truth is that  the old testament records the sins of some characters in the Bible who practiced polygamy ,but is not so from the beginning in Genesis 2:24 that a man leaves his father and mother and be joined to his wife and the two shall become one flesh, as when God brought Eve to Adam and Jesus later confirmed it in Matthew 19: 1-9 .  They also discuss the scientific results of mental health issues that both women and children suffer in a polygamist marriages.   

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Today Al Fadi and Michael Jones talk about the mental and the social harm of child marriage.  Islam promotes child marriage as we saw in a previous episode.  Studies shows the mental harm that it causes from depression, anxiety, phobia, and suicidal thoughts just to name a few.  The social harm are death during child birth, cervical cancer, STDs, and being a victim of domestic violence.  They conclude that child marriage is to be outlawed if Muslims really care about their daughters.  

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Al Fadi and his guest speaker Michael Jones of ( Inspiring Philosophy You Tube Channel) talk about why is child marriage allowed and promoted in Islam; 1. It was done by Mohammad who is an example to Muslims when he married Aisha at age six. 2. It is done to protect the parents social status and not the Girl's well being.  3. Muslims also claim that it reduces premarital sex. Yet the physical harm that is caused to the girls is great because of their undeveloped bodies; death and infection are two harms. The united nations classify any girl under 18  as a child. In Chapter 65:4  the Quran promotes child marriage.  

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Al Fadi asks the question above. He gives a lot of Bible verses to show that if we believe in Jesus we have eternal life; 1John 5: 12-13 , John 5: 24, Romans 8:16, just to mention a few. And nothing can separate us from God's love or snatch us out of his hands John 10:29, Romans 8:38,39.  Our salvation is sure as Christian and the scripture proves it ; not so in the Quran or by Mohammad Sura 46:8-9, Sura 10:94.  Not even the Hadith ; Sahih Bukhari vol. 5, book 58, #266 and vol 4, book 51, # 16;  Mohammad was not sure of his salvation or the salvation of his family or any Muslim.  Al Fadi asks the question ; why would you follow someone who doesn't have an assurance of salvation? and says that Jesus is the way, and the life. 

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Al Fadi discusses a quote on his fakebook page Alfadi.cira in a new series "Simple Questions Answered". Today's quote is: If Mohammad was a prophet like Moses, why didn't he observe the Sabbath? Muslims claim that Deuteronomy 18:18 is about Mohammad. Muhammad  acknowledged that it was required of him not to transgress the Sabbath in Sura 4: 154. In Numbers 15: 32-36 working on the Sabbath was punishable by death. In Sura 62: 9-11 Muslims should give up trading only when hearing the call to prayer, and not completely stop all trade on Friday which Mohammad claimed to be his Sabbath.  Therefore he did not endorse the law of Moses, and in doing so he condemned himself and he is not the prophet like Moses.  Jesus on the other hand fulfilled the law of Moses and if we are in Christ we also have fulfilled the law through him and we are not condemned.

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Al Fadi and Brother Mel continue their talk  about the connection between Islam and the Zoroastrian religion of Persia.  Today they talk about the myth of the Buraq; which Muslims believe it  is a flying horse, which took Mohammad to Jerusalem to Al Aqsa mosque and then to heaven. The origin of the name is Persian which means : A riding animal, a rider or a horse.  In Zoroastrianism a demon god rides on a horse.  This shows the willingness of Islam to copy other religions.  They also touch on the origin of the names Aisha and Fatima. They think that they are Jewish names of two wives of Ishmael according to the Jewish Tergum. 

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Al Fadi, Dr Jay, and Brother Mel are starting a new series called Exposing the Myth.  In this episode they are talking about how Islam borrowed from the Persian religion of Zoroastrianism.  1.The name of the ZamZam well is zoroastrian in origin.  The name Zam is a pagan god which refers to mother nature.  2. The Black stone in al Kaaba is connected to another demon called Afraditi(Venus/ Lucifer).  3. The Jamarat represent Satan.  4. The Sunna/ hadith was written in persian lands.  5. The times of prayer, the washing before prayer, the kibla, and the word Jin were borrowed from Zoroastrianism.

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Dr Jay and Al Fadi continue with three more historical problems with the Quran: 1. The Al Aqsa mosque( Sura 17: 1), which Muslims believe that Mohammad ascended into heaven from, was built in 710 AD, and Mohammad died in 632 AD.  2. The chain mail that is mentioned in Sura 24: 10-11 that King David wore around 1000BC ,was not invented until 200 BC. 3. The reference to the crucifixion in Sura 7: 121-124 during the time of Moses and Pharaoh in 1400 BC and Joseph 1800BC (Sura 12 :41). The crucifixion was invented 1300 years later. Yet the Quran denies the crucifixion of Jesus in Sura 4 : 157 ; this is a theological and a historical problem.

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Dr Jay and Al Fadi discuss the refutations to Dan Brubaker book: Corrections in Early Quranic Manuscripts.  one of the refutations is by  Hythem Sidky who writes a book responding to Dan's book.  Dr Jay and Al Fadi also talk about the historical problems of the Quran, they give an example from Sura 20 : 85-87,95-97,  where it talks about a Samaritan who lived in the time of Moses and helped the Israelites build the golden calf.  The problem with that story is the time period ; Moses lived in 1400 BC and the Samaritan did not exist until 722BC. In conclusion; having even one mistake in the Quran proves that is not divinely preserved. 

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith continue their discussion about the interview that Muhammad Hijab had with Dr Yasi Qadi about the Quran preservation.  Al and Dr Jay mention that most Muslims especially in the East do not cross the line of questioning the Quran.  Dr Yasir Qadi had a crisis of faith "knowledge" when he went to Yale university. The interview caused a lot of Muslims to doubt and leave Islam.  They also talked about Dr Brubaker's work on the early Quranic manuscript in his book" Corrections in Early Quranic Manuscripts" . In his work Dr Brubaker researched and found over 800 - 4,000 differences between the Hafs Quran of today and the early manuscripts.  These corrections was made to fit the Hafs Quran of today. This research had a very damaging result to the belief that the Quran is perfectly preserved.

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith listen to a clip of a major interview of Dr Yasir Qadi by Mohammad Hijab on the topic of the preservation of the Quran. In this interview Dr Yasi Qadi admits it is a hard subject to discuss and that it should not be a public discussion.  He also says that it is enough to believe it and not question it. The original interview was done on 6/8/2020. This interview was very damaging to the Standard Islamic Narrative, and in it Dr Yasir Qadi admits that the S.I.N. has holes in it and it does not answer all the questions.

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Continuing last week's discussion,  Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith say that Ibn Mujaahed chose the seven Kira'at in the tenth century.  The criteria for choosing them was popularity.  Hafs differ from the other Kira'at by 93 thousand dots and vowels.  Therefore the preservation claim does not stand the test.  They give several examples between the Hafs and Warsh: 1. Sura 2:184 ; Al miskeen and Al masaakeen; the first is singular noun and the second is the plural form of the noun. 2. Sura 3:146; the words kaatala (fought) and kutila (killed). These differences have huge theological and practice implications.  

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Dr Jay and Al Fadi discuss the multiple different Arabic Qurans that a Turkish sister called Hattun found in different Arabic countries starting in 2016.  Dr Jay and Hattun took the Qurans to speakers corner in England where they showed them to Muslims who were shocked to hear and see that, because they have been told by their leaders that the Quran has been perfectly preserved to the letter and the dot.  The Muslim response was that these are different readings for different dialects.  There is five thousand differences between the two major versions which are called the Hafs and the Warsh alone.  These differences do not only change the doctrine and the practice, but also the theology.  

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay continue there discussion from  Shoemaker's book Creating the Quran.  They name some scholars  including Montgomery, Patricia Corona and others who point out that Mecca was insignificant and Medina (Yathrib was a small date oasis with few hundred people living there, and there is no mention of Jews living there as the S.I.N. mentions.  They also say that most scholars conclude that the Quran and Islam is not from central Hijaz but from farther north.

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith continue there review of Shoemaker book; creating the Quran.  Today they focus on where was the origin of the Quran.  They say that there was some rock inscription in Northern Arabian not in the Hijaz. Some of the reasons why the inscription doesn't fit the Hijazi dialect of central Arabia are three distinctive features: 1. The distinctive form of the relative pronoun.  2. The distinctive form of the distal demonstrative .  3. the use of the verbal constructive of ya aleph. 

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay continue there discussion from  Shoemaker's book Creating the Quran.  They name some scholars  including Montgomery, Patricia Corona and others who point out that Mecca was insignificant and Medina (Yathrib was a small date oasis with few hundred people living there, and there is no mention of Jews living there as the S.I.N. mentions.  They also say that most scholars conclude that the Quran and Islam is not from central Hijaz but from farther north.

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith continue there review of Shoemaker book; creating the Quran.  Today they focus on where was the origin of the Quran.  They say that there was some rock inscription in Northern Arabian not in the Hijaz. Some of the reasons why the inscription doesn't fit the Hijazi dialect of central Arabia are three distinctive features: 1. The distinctive form of the relative pronoun.  2. The distinctive form of the distal demonstrative .  3. the use of the verbal constructive of ya aleph.  

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Muslims claim that Mecca is in Saudi Arabia, that Mohammad was born there, and that he also received his revelation of the Quran there.  If that is true where is Mecca? Steven Shoemaker in his book Creating the Quran on page114 mentions that there is no mention of a mecca in any of the great civilizations of the time .  Not only that,but another scholar; Patricia Corona said that there were no trade roues going through Mecca on land nor by the coast of the Red Sea bordering Mecca.  Many scholars say that Islam started way north of Mecca and that most Muslim scholars were Persians.  So Shoemaker concludes that Mecca was further north.   

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This manuscript was found in Damascus and was moved to Germany.  It looks a lot like the upper layer of the Sana manuscript.  There are three reasons why this manuscript is 8th century and not 7th century: 1. The dots , the circles ,and the verse markings suggests that the text is a later text.  2. .  The page layout and illuminations parallels the 8th century manuscripts.  3.  The ornamentations suggests Abd Al Malik and Al Hajjag new distinctive Islamic Arabic manuscripts.  The question is if this text came from Mecca and Medina, what was happening there? Scholars agree that in the 7th century those two cities where very isolated and insignificant.

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Dr Jay and Al Fadi continue the comparison between the upper and the lower layers of the Sana manuscripts of the Quran with the 1924 Hafs edition of the Quran. They point out differences that changes the meaning of the text; for example Sura  9: 9 in the lower layer of the manuscripts states" the way of Allah while the Hafs Quran of 1924 says 'His way".  Another difference in the upper layer  as an example is Sura 7: 76 "you directed vs he directed" They point out that most of the differences have to do with the diacritical marking which did not exist until the 8th century.  Even with the upper layer of the manuscripts there was no standardized Quran yet. 

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Dr Jay Smith discusses the book that Dr Asma Hilali wrote on the Sana Palimpsest manuscripts.  He talks about the conclusions that she came up with by comparing it to todays Hafs Quran; she says that there are seventy variants in sixty three verses.  She also believes that it is a student text.  Jay says that that shuts down the idea of the preservation of the Quran which both Muslim and the Quran claim ( ie Sura 85: 21,22).  Then Jay and Al discuss some of the differences as examples.  Then they ask the question : Is the Quran perfectly preserved?

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The Sana manuscripts is a palimpsest manuscripts ; which means that there is a lower and upper layers of writing . Scholars say that the two writings are late seventh and early eighth century respectively.  They think that it is two versions of the Quran; the first is a pre- standard Quran which was erased and rewritten as the canonical version.  On comparing the two writing , it was found that there are seventy variants between the two.  Dr Jay says that the lower text was erased because it needed to be updated.   

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The Sana'a manuscript was discovered in Yemen in 1975, it is very old with no dots and vowels.  It is a palimpsest (It has two layers of writings). It had late 7th to 8th century scripts.  It was carbon tested at the university of Arizona in 2007, and was dated to mid 7th century. The same segment was taken to four Europeans labs and they did not agree with the Arizona dating.  Shoemaker concludes that there is a problem with the carbon dating because the process dates the skin of the animal not the time the writing was written.

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay discuss the challenges of carbon dating of manuscripts.  They say that carbon dating gives the age of the material that is written on not the ink.  There is no method found that dates ink because the way ink is mixed to make colors.  Animal skin is costly and it takes time to cure.  Shoemaker argues that carbon dating is not entirely accurate .  That is why scholars had to look at the paleography of the writing which help determine the style of writing and in turn the time it was written.  Shoemaker conclude that the carbon dating supports the Abd Al Malik/ Al Hajaj timing. 

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Today Al Fadi and Dr Jay continue to talk about three more major qur'anic manuscripts :4. The BNF/ Petropolitanus manuscripts, and it has three fragments, the largest fragment is 26% of the Quran of today (Hafs). 5. Al Husseini manuscripts in Egypt.  It is very large, and has a lot of taping over words.  6. The Sana manuscripts. It is most recent discovery,  1975 in Yemen.  In conclusion;the six major manuscripts are: Not from the 7th century, none of them are complete, they don't agree with each other or with the1924 Hafs Quran of today, and all have a lot of variants.

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Today Al Fadi and Dr Jay talk about  three Quranic manuscripts:  1. The Topkapi Manuscripts: it is kept in the Topkapi palace museum in Istanbul, Turkey. It is dated to early to mid 8th century due to the presence of vowels and dots.  It is not the private copy of Utthman or one of the copies that he sent to various centers. 2. The Samarkand Manuscript, found in Tashkent, Uzbekistan; it is not a complete manuscript(43 Soras only). It is lazy man manuscript, and was written by scribes who didn't know Arabic .  3. Al Ma'il (slanted) Manuscripts, found in the British museum, and has no vowels or dots which makes it an earlier manuscripts. It is dated to early 8th century.

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith continue discussing Shoemaker's book; Creating the Quran.   Today they are wondering what happened to the Al Hajjaj- Abd Al Malik paradigm. They are not convinced with Shoemaker's answer, but they think it is a political reason since Abd Al Malik is an Umayyad , and the Abbasid came after them.  They continue to talk about another scholar Robert Hoyland who said that none of the previous religions in the seventh century has heard of a book called the Quran.  Then they conclude that the strongest arguments for a later Quran is the manuscripts evidence which they are going to discuss in details in later episodes.

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay  continue to discuss the book creating the Quran. Today the focus on    1. The dialogue of Abraham of Tiberias, a Christian, with Amir Abdul Al Rahman Al Hashemi, in Jerusalem in the 9th century, during the Abbasid period,mentioning that Al Hajjaj produced the final authoritative version of the Quran. 2. The Apology of Al Kindy, is another Christin work written during the 9th century that talks about Al Hajaj; under Abd Al Malik; made a substantial changes to the Quran.  Abd Al Malik was an Umayyad  Caliph  during the 8th century who built the Dome of the Rock and Arabized the Quran . 

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith discuss the book written by Daniel Janosik, John of Damascus; The First Apologists to the Muslims.  John of Damascus is a Christian monk and apologist whose father served in the Umayyad Caliphate  in Damascus.  John does not use the word Islam, but instead he calls it the heresy of the Ishmaelites. Al and Jay also talk about Emperor Leo the third correspondent letters with Omar the Second.  Both John and Leo indicate that the Quran we have today is different than the Quran in the 7th and 8th centuries.

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This paradigm focuses on the Umayyad caliphate in particular Abd Al- Malik bin Marwan and his governor Al Hajjaj.  Abd Al Malik built the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and was anti trinitarian. He attacked the trinity, the divinity and the sonship of Christ.  Al Hajjaj formed a committee  to produce a new collection of the Quran. Dr Jay Smith gives the 12 reasons from Shoemaker's book; creating the Quran, why he believes that a later Quranic creation of the Quran is done by Abd Al Malik and Al Hajjaj.  

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The Noldeke/Schwallian Paradime  states that the Uthmanic Quran is the standard Quran and does not question it .  In this episode Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith discuss some scholars that say otherwise.  They are discussing Steven Shoemaker book; Creating the Quran.  They conclude that the Quran ascribed to Uthuman was really established by Abd Al Malik which they will discuss in a coming episode.

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Al Fadi Dr Jay discuss what the two German scholars say about the Quran. Noldeke and Schwallie say that the Quran was written in 652 AD in its entirety of 114 Suras, and it should not be criticized.  Al Fadi and Dr Jay going back to Shoemaker's book; creating the Quran discuss ten different possibilities of who really wrote the Uthmanic Quran.  Abu Bakir, Omar, Aisha, just to name a few.  Al Fadi and Dr jay make a plea to Muslim to check their claims of the perfect preservation of the Quran in light of what Shoemaker says for the purpose of finding the truth. 

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Al Fadi and Dr. Jay Smith discuss what the Muslim leaders of early centuries of Islam and what Muslim leaders of today say about the Preservation of the Quran.  Today's leaders including Shabir Ali, Abdula Yusef Ali, and Yasir Qadi, to name a few, claim the perfect preservation of the Quran; They say that today's Quran is the same exact Quran of Othman days to the letter.  Going back to the first centuries of Islam ; Muslims did not claim that at all; in fact substitution (abrogation) was normal. Some of the early leaders that said that are Bukhari, Ibn Abi Dawood, Aisha, just to name a few.

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Al Fadi and Dr. Jay raise more questions about the origin of the Quran which create more problems about the Quran: 6. How can you have a dialectic problem in the mid 7th century unless you have a written text? 7.Why did Othman burn the other copies? 8. How can you burn a dialect? 9. If the Quran that Othman asked Zaid ibn Thabit to write in the Qurashi dialect was the second compilation of the Quran, why do we have 37 different Qurans today? They conclude that tradition says that Othman sent five copies to five cities/provinces, yet Muslims can not come with a manuscript from the five copies of the seventh century Quran(Othman's).

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay discuss what Sahih Al Bukhari say in volume 6, Hadith # 109, page509-510.  They ask the following questions: Why would God chose a language (Arabic) that can not accommodate the Quran(no vowels or dots)? Why did God choose a man who couldn't read or write? If Mohammad was illiterate, he had 22 years to learn to read and write. Why didn't Abu Baker make more copies of the Quran? Was the Quran written down before Othman?

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Al and Jay continue their discussion on Shoemaker book; the creating of the Quran. While Wilfred Smith took the side of the religious person, the naturalistic approach takes the opposite side.  Shoemaker says that you need to not take either extreme by studying the impact on the believer and study the history.  Shoemaker points out 5 important approaches that Bruce Lincoln points out: 1.Who is the author of the text, his audience, context, and agenda? 2. Since reverence is religious, scholarly approach is more important. 3. Permit criticism but not the other( W. Smith said: Criticize Christianity but not Islam). 4. Assuming all cultures are stable, but the reality is not.  5. Be ware of the scholars informance. 

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Al and Jay continue their discussion on Shoemaker book; the creating of the Quran. While Wilfred Smith took the side of the religious person, the naturalistic approach takes the opposite side.  Shoemaker says that you need to not take either extreme by studying the impact on the believer and study the history.  Shoemaker points out 5 important approaches that Bruce Lincoln points out: 1.Who is the author of the text, his audience, context, and agenda? 2. Since reverence is religious, scholarly approach is more important. 3. Permit criticism but not the other( W. Smith said: Criticize Christianity but not Islam). 4. Assuming all cultures are stable, but the reality is not.  5. Be ware of the scholars informance. 

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Al Fadi and Dr, Jay Smith continue their discussion of Shoemaker book creating the Quran. Today they talk about how this censorship affected the department of defense. After world war two the west came up with a policy of not accepting any criticism of Islam .  Westerners and western academic Islamic scholars came up with a form of Islam to agree with western values. This form of Islam is not true to the historical Islam.  Shoemaker"s  solution to this problem is to do an accurate historical criticism of Islam.

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay continue their discussion from last time on Shoemaker book Creating the Quran. This time they reveal the names of two scholars that were responsible for censoring what can be said about the Quran and Islam:  1. Wilfred Cantrell Smith; he gave the approach of how scholars should deal with Islamic material.  He concluded that if any valid understanding of the Quran, one must approach the text as a believing Muslim would, and seek to understand it on that basis.  2. Mircea Eliade from the university of Chicago.  These two scholars concluded that any study of Islam must be based on personal experience of Muslims.  In other words Muslims have to give their stamp of approval.  The problem with this approach is that it is not a true scholarly approach.

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith are starting a new series based on a new book by Stephen Shoemaker called Creating the Quran.  Stephen says that Mohammad is the author of the Quran , and he is going against mainstream academics.  He says that we should not study the Quran according to later tradition ,but use standard tools of historical criticism that was used on other sacred scripture writings; ie The Bible.  There is a fear that critics and scholars have in stating their finding about the Quran . Shoemaker tells the name of the man behind the censorship.  Al and jay will reveal it on the next episode.   

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Al Fadi shares his personal good news of his son getting married and a new grandchild is born . A bad news of losing his nephew. And a challenging news of his many back surgeries.  On the ministry level, the Lord showed up in mighty way: The production of many videos: A.  David Wood on the unholy character of Mohammad.  B. Historical criticism of Islam on art prohibition c. Sam Shamoun on the deity of Christ in the Quran.  D. Dr Jay Smith on the book, the man , and the place. These are few example.  You can watch all these videos on Cira international You-Tube. The views for these videos has reached over 13 million people. 

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Al and Jay use the book that Dr Daniel Brubaker has done on the preservation of the Quran.  They point out the different variants in the Qur'anic manuscripts that has been inserted, erased, covered and taped.  They conclude that the process of collecting the Quran was not standardized.  What is left behind after all the editing is the Hafs version of the Quran today. Al and Jay also talk about the 63 fragment of manuscripts that Muslims say it make up  97% of the Quran of the first century of Islam. Al and Jay say that 63 fragments do not comprise a complete Quran.  

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay talk about the discovery of the 33 verses from chapters 18-20 of the Quran which when it was discovered in 2015, Muslims thought that they found the Quran from the time of Muhammad.  These folios consist of three stories that existed before Islam and the Quran that was modified to take out the references to Jesus as God and replaced with Jesus as a prophet.  Al and Jay also talk about the Quran's Kiraat (variant readings). Jay talks about Hatun Tash  who discovered the many different copies of the Quran that does not match, and that was against  what Muslims claim about the preservation of the Quran.

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Al Fadi shares some of the reasons why we celebrate Christmas: 1. It is a reminder of the promise God made to Adam and Eve after the fall.  2. Because of God's love for us He gave us the greatest gift ever(Jesus)  3.  We have to accept the gift of Jesus by faith.  4. By believing in Jesus as the savior we go to heaven.  5.  By believing we have a direct communication with God.  6.  God became a man and dwelt amongst us.  7.  This is the greatest gift to mankind. God loved us while we were still sinners, and by believing in the gift and accepting it we have eternal life.

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The Quran was written in 652 AD, in the Quraishi dialect by Zaid ibn Thabit , Mohammad's secretary, After Mohammad's death.  There were no dots or other marks in that .Muslims say that Mohammad was given the Quran in 7 different Kira'at /dialects by Gabriel. Some of the Qurans are from Syria and Iraq and they all contain different numbers of Suras.  Looking at different manuscripts Jay and Ali and others conclude that none are from the 7th century, they had many variants that does not agree with the Hafs Quran, the most used version . The Question remains ; Where is the original Quran? 

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay discuss the reasons that the Dome of the Rock debunk the S.I.N. According to the S.I.N. Mohammad was taken to the rock where he was ascended into heaven and came back in the year 621.  First the Dome of the Rock does not have a qibla, but the two mosques next to it do and are facing Petra.  They mention that the Dome of the Rock we have today was not the one built by Abd Al Malik.  The building itself was destroyed and rebuilt eleven times. In the second part of the episode they talk about the claim of preservation of the Quran by the Muslims. Jay says that the complete copy of the Quran was produced during Uthman the Calif . All Muslims had to do to back up the claim is to produce a copy of the manuscript from the time of Uthman and have them compare it with a Quran copy of today to see if it is a perfect match.

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Al and Jay say that there were no coins minted during the time of Mohammad 620- 660 AD in Mecca.  The coins found in that time period had Byzantian crosses or Zoroastrian temples on them and they were found in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. In 680 AD when Abd Al- Malik defeats the Byzantian ,  he introduces the Shahadah.  He was an anti trinitarian Christian. Mohammad's name was introduced on the coins during Abd- Al Malik reign in 710 AD.  The rock inscription were found in the 7th century, way north of Mecca between 640-740 AD. . None of the inscription was found in Mecca or Medina as the S.I.N. claims.

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On this episode of Let Us Reason, Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith continue their discussion on the rest of the stages of Hajj or the pilgrimage to Mecca.   They notice the progression of the narrative with time. For example they point out that before 1980 there was only one pillar to throw rocks at and now they have three.  Another rock they point to is the black stone which they say it turned black from white because it takes away the sins of the people. And finally they conclude the discussion about Mecca, is it really what we thought it is? Mecca as a city today was not mentioned in history until 741 A.D.

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Al and Jay ask the question; does any of the empires surrounding Mecca ever heard of it or had any trade reference to Mecca? The answer is none, no surrounding empires; for example the Sabean, the Nabatean, the Assyrian, the Babylonian or even the Romans ever referenced Mecca.  They also discuss some of the five stages of the Haj all of which involve stones:  1. The Ka'ba(cube), 2. Al Safa and Marwah (the S.I.N say that they are two mountains). 3.  The Jamarat . They discuss if these rituals are purely Islamic or were they borrowed from Judaism. The discussion will resume next time.

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay continue the discussion from last time about the Red Sea route through Mecca .  Dr Patricia Crone debunked the land route theory and said that the route was through the Eastern side of the Red Sea coast. But history proves that the ships in the 2nd and 3rd century BC took the west coast of the red sea because of the five coastal cities that existed on the coast of Eretria, Sudan And Egypt. Also History shows that Jeddah was provided as a sea port to provide water for Mecca  and both cities did not exist until the 8th century AD.   Without Mecca there is no seventh century Islam( S.I.N.).  

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith  say that Mohammad received a revelation to change the direction of the qiblas from Jerusalem to Al Masjed Al Haram (Al Kaaba) in the year 624 AD.  They use Dan Gibson's research and conclude that the direction of the Qiblas in mosques between 624-706 AD were facing Petra.- The first mosque with the qibla facing Mecca was in 724 AD. This is a bad evidence for the S.I.N.  They also discuss the trade route theory by Dr Montgomery Watt who suggested the trade route  went  through Mecca to Gaza . He was trying to prove that Mecca was on the trade route. Dr Patricia Crone tried to prove that Mecca was never on the trade route which went through the red sea closer to the African coast and not the Arabian coast.  

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According to the standard Islamic narrative ; 70-300 prophets are buried in Mecca, from Adam,  Seth, Noah, Daniel, also Eve, and the Queen of Shiba just to name a few.  There is no archeological evidence of that. In the second episode of this show Al and Dr Jay ask the question, where is Mecca on any of the ancient maps? Dr Jay talks about the research of Dr Patricia Crone  on the subject of Mecca in ancient maps. They conclude that there is no mention of Mecca until the 8th century; a 100 years after the death of Mohammad.  Mecca was not the place the S.I.N. wants us to believe.

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay continue their discussion about Mecca. This time they discuss Dan Gibson's archeological studies and the two books he wrote; The Nabateans, and The Geography of the Quran.    Next they ask the question ; What language was used in Mecca? They conclude that the Quran was written in Nabatean Aramaic and not in the Sabiac language of Mecca and Medina .  The question is why wasn't it written in the language of the area ( the Hijaz)?

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Al Fadi and Dr. Jay talk about why Mecca in the S.I.N. To Muslims Mecca is the birth place of Mohammad, where Islam started, where the pilgrimage takes place , and where they face towards when they pray.  Muslims claim three things: 1. It was where Adam and Eve lived. 2. Where Abraham built the Kaaba with his son Ishmael. 3. That Mecca was a center of trade. Al Fadi and Dr. Jay also say that the only place that mecca was mentioned by name was on Sura 48: 24.  Tradition also says that it was a place of vegetation and that it was located in a valley with a stream going through it.  Does history support these claims? they will talk about it in coming episodes.

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Dr. Jay and Al Fadi continue their critique of the Standard Islamic Narrative(S.I.N.).  Today they are talking about the lack of reference evidence and of eyewitness. They point out that the S.I.N says that everything happened in Mecca and Medina.  It turned out that  the earliest resources were 200-300 years later during the Abbasid caliphate which came to power in 750 AD, in the city of Baghdad, written by people who lived hundred of miles north of Mecca and Medina. For example Ibn Hisham born in Basra, Iraq and lived in Cairo, Egypt;  Bukhari was born in Bukhara (Uzbekistan).  

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay compare the time between Mohammad's death and the time the sources of Islam (the Sira, Hadith etc.) were written is over two hundred years and 200-300 miles north from the place that was thought.  While the time it took the Christian to write their sources is about 60 years and it was written in the same place where Christ lived and died while eyewitnesses lived.  They say if we compare it to the history of the United states, the biography of George Washington and the constitution would of not been written until the 21 century.   

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Al Fadi and Dr. Jay continue to discuss the problem with the sources(Sira, hadith,...). They are questioning the Standard Islamic Narrative(S.I.N.).  They ask the question how do we know that it is true? Going back to the time when the people who wrote the sources lived and died ; they find a gap in the timeline. For example, there is a 200 year gap between the death of Mohammad and the death of Ibn Hisham; who wrote the Sira(Biography) of Mohammad; therefore he was not an eyewitness.

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Al Fadi and Dr. Jay Smith continue  their discussion by talking about the man (Mohammad), the book ( the Quran) and the place(Mecca), because these are the foundations of Islam if you take one out the rest will fall. 1. Mecca; did it exist in the 7th century?  2. Mohammad; was there a man who was born in Mecca in 570 AD and lived there until 622AD, who then moved to Medina?  3. The Quran; do we have a complete copy from the 7th century that matches today's copy.  These are questions Dr. Jay and Al Fadi are trying to answer. 

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith discuss what is The Standard Islamic Narrative or S.I.N.  Muslims believe that they have the final revelation; the Quran which was revealed to Mohammad, who was born in Mecca in Saudi Arabia and that Mecca was the direction of the Kiblah.  There are four points of the S.I.N./ the traditions: 1. The Cira (The biography of Mohammad) . 2. The Hadith (the sayings of Mohammad)  3. Al Tafsir (the commentaries) to unpack the Quran, 4. The Tarikh(the history).  Muslims can not question the traditions even if does not make sense.

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Sister Ray grew up in South Africa to an Iranian Sunni family. Her mother was a Catholic that converted to Islam.  She went to an all girls Catholic school, and was also raised in the traditional Islamic belief.  She did start questioning her Islamic belief when she went to university and started reading Islamic books in English.  She was upset about the way women are treated in Islam, unlike what she has been taught that Islam raised the value of women.  She met a born again Christian in college and he invited her to go to church.  The sermon was about Moses.  She was asked by her Muslim people not to watch the Disney movie "The Prince of Egypt". Ray's journey continues next time. 

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Lloyd explains that Islam is a deen, which does not mean a religion but a totalitarian political system, which provides perspective on existence, life, society and sociopolitical system. There is 4 meanings of deen: 1. Subjugation and dominance.  2. Obedience and bondage. 3. Rules and regulations. 4. Rewards and repayment.  There are two sources of the law(Sharia). A. The Quran . B. The Sunna.  Lloyd goes into details to explain all of the above.

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 Muslim believe that Islam is the final religion and Christianity has been replaced.  No other religion is accepted but Islam.  Therefore there is enmity between Muslims and Christians and Jews.  Those who die in Jihad and those who hide their true feelings towards non Muslims will die as martyrs.  Two purposes of Islam: 1. Seek to correct the Bible( Jesus was not crucified, sura 4:157).  2. Political purpose; commanding the right and forbidding the wrong; enforcing sharia on everybody.  Islam is a religion of law; what are its laws ?and where are they written?  There are volumes of books concerning every aspect of life to explain for example what to do if a man marry a minor and injure her physically.  It is detailed and disturbing because Islam allows having sexual intercourse with minors and children before the age of puppetry even with infants.  

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Al Fadi and Lloyd discuss what sharia law really is; a law or a secret.  Sharia is both religious and political . Muslims are not suppose to teach it to non- Muslims because non- muslins will be learning it in bad faith, therefore it is  secret with a purpose.  It is the final interpretation of the Quran and Sunna.  It copied and changed the Babylonian Talmud.  The end goal of Islam is the will of Allah by persuasion or force. Lloyd refers to lots of sources one of them is :"The Islamic Talmud" by Judith Wagner.  He adds that the Quran is not complete by itself ; it needs the Sunna and the law.  

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Al and Mel continue to discuss the critique of The Dome of the Rock.  They say that there is multiple accounts of who and when the dome was built, which indicate that the building underwent multiple stages of rebuilding due to the fact of multiple earthquakes (ie1015, 1033AD) happened during its lifetime .  To assume that the building was damaged but not the inscription is unreal.  Also the number of columns changed from 8 inner and 24 outer to 12 inner and 16 outer columns.  These are some of the reasons for a later date of the building and inscription according to AJ Duse.

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Al and Mel discuss the time of the inside inscription on the building of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.  Their discussion is built on the article; "The Jewish Serpent King in the Dome of the Rock" by AJ Deus.  AJ says that the inscription on the inside of that building is not 7th century inscription but rather sixteenth century.  They point out that the crusaders were in control of Jerusalem for two centuries (11th and 12th), and that they held Christian services inside the Dome. It is very unlikely that the pope will leave a memorial for Mohammad there. All this is a strong case for a later date.

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Al Fadi and Rob Christian discuss some suras in the Quran that talk about Christ divinity and what Muslims call scientific miracles in the Quran.  Sura 9:31, it talks about Jews and Christians taking their monks and rabbis as gods beside Allah and the Messiah.  This implies unification since Jesus was not included in the monks and rabbis but with Allah.  Sura 43:61 says that Jesus knows the last hour. This implies he is all knowing.  In sura 86:7 shows that Allah does not know the correct anatomy of the human body. 

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One of the claims that Muslims accuse Christian and Jews of is that the Bible has been corrupted.  Al Fadi and Rob Christian say that no where in the Quran or Hadith say that; Sura 115, 5:47;10:94,61:6, are some of the suras that confirm that the Bible is the word of God and was not corrupted.  The reason why they say that it was corrupted because they can not find the name of Muhammad (Ahmed) in the Bible. The accusation started by a famous scholar  in Spain in the tenth century.  Also in the 19th century the Arabic translation of the Bible was completed and they can read and not find the name Ahmed in there.

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Al Fadi and Rob Christian discuss 1. What Ibn Abbas, Mohammad's cousin, and the father of commentators said, A. About the Quran and poetry, he said : " If Part of the Quran is missing or lost; just complete it with your own personal poetry".  B. Ibn Abbas also said about Sura 13:31, that the scribe made a mistake in two words because he was sleepy.  they ask the question;  How does Allah allow a sleepy scribe to corrupt the Quran?  2. They point out that the Quran was tampered with by early Muslims , and no Muslim should accept his Quran as divine. They discuss Sura 56:29 and 37:12.

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Al Fadi and Rob Christian discuss how a chain of people contributed to the Hafs Quran.  His full name is Hafs Ibn Suleiman Al Bazzaz.  He was known by Islamic sources by copying other people books and that he was a liar. Among the people that influenced his version are Zeid, Ubai Ibn Kaeb, Ibn Masoud and Asim (who was blind and had problem with memory).  Ibn Massoud was trusted the most by the prophet Mohammad, but his version was not chosen by Othman, and his version does not match today's Quran .

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Al Fadi and Rob Christian discuss how a chain of people contributed to the Hafs Quran.  His full name is Hafs Ibn Suleiman Al Bazzaz.  He was known by Islamic sources by copying other people books and that he was a liar. Among the people that influenced his version are Zeid, Ubai Ibn Kaeb, Ibn Masoud and Asim (who was blind and had problem with memory).  Ibn Massoud was trusted the most by the prophet Mohammad, but his version was not chosen by Othman, and his version does not match today's Quran .

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Rob Christian and Al Fadi discuss the claim that Mohammad is a descendant of Ishmael. They use Muslim sources . First the Quran does not mention that Mohammad is related to Ishmael. According to a book called "History and Knowledge", vol1,pg 269  Al Abbas; Mohammad's uncle, said that Mohammad was a nobody to the Quraish tribe.  Another source is Life of the Prophet by Ibn Kathir vol 1, pg. 51; it says that there is a broken lineage between Adnan and Ishmael. Omar Ibn Al Khattab said that they only carry the lineage as far as Adnan.  So Muslims can not back up the claim.

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Rob Christian and Al Fadi say that Muslims brag that it is a miracle that Mohammad was illiterate; ie that he doesn't read or write.  But another meaning to illiterate is the one who came to a people without a book(The Arabs).  Sahih Bukhari #2125 says that Mohammad was a guardian to the illiterate.  Mohammad was not a name but a title (the praised one).  Mohammad real name at birth and until he was forty years of age was Qutham ibn Abed Al Laat, according to the book of" The life of Mohammad " by Muhammad Hasan Haykel ,page 39.  This is according to Muslim sources. 

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Al Fadi asks Rob Christian two questions: 1. Did Mohammad go to Jerusalem to visit Al-Aqsa Mosque?( Was the real Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem?) The answer is no: A. Historically the mosque was build in 691 AD and Mohammad died in 632 AD. B. There was a mosque  called Al Aqsa close to Mecca that Mohammad visited. Sahih Bukhari #2850.       2. Where did Mohammad learn to clean himself?  He copied the Jews and it became Sunna tradition.

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Al Fadi discusses with Rob Christian the five disturbing names of Allah: 1. The Arrogant. 2. The Distresser. 3.  The Humiliator.  4.The deceiver. 5. The Mischief maker.  They conclude that Allah is Satan in disguise.  Al and Rob also discuss another subject in the second half of the show about Mohammad being an idol worshiper who kept idols in his house despite Gabriel warning to him to get rid of idols.

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Al Fadi interviews Brother Zia from Pakistan.  Zia was a very devout Suni Muslim.  He had a disabled son who passed away and he was going to burry him in a Christian cemetery, and the imam told him that Allah is going to punish him at the end time. That made Zia mad and dive in both the Quran and then the Bible to find answers.  He found that  the Quran tells that Jesus did things only God can do. The sermon on the mount had a big effect on him especially love your enemies.  Nabeel Qurashi, David Wood and Sam Shamoun had a big impact on him.  He believed and got baptized and he is witnessing to others.

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According to the Quran sura 65:4, men are allowed to marry young girls before they reach the age of puppetry.  They also allowed to divorce them and they(ladies) have to wait three months before they can remarry.  Mohammad Hijab ,a famous Muslim apologist says that if Muslims take the Quran only in this matter, the Quran allows for severe type of Pedophilia.  The prophet Mohammad says to wait a little bit, 6 year old to 9 year old, because it is harmful.  So Muslims take Mohammad's council over Allah in the Quran.  According to the Quran Sura 9:31 .If you listen to anyone instead of Allah you are worshipping that person; ie, Muslims worship Mohammad.  

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As Al and David discussed last time that Aisha was 6 to 9 years old, based on Muslim sources, when she married Mohammad. In order to justify Mohammad's actions Muslims say that Mary was young too when she married Joseph.  There is no reliable source for the age of Mary, but in(Luke 1:42) the Bible says that she was a woman. And Quran chapter 3:42 says that Mary was a woman. The Bible also says that a twelve year old is still considered a child, little girl (Mark 5: 40-42). So Mary was older than 12 years old. So Mary was older than Aisha when she married Joseph. 

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Guest speaker David Wood discusses with Al Fadi the age of Aisha when the prophet Muhammad married her . According to Islamic sources( Sahih Bukhari 51;33,58,Sahih Muslim 33;11) Muhammad married Aisha when she was six years old and consummated  the marriage when she was nine years old. This topic is hotly debated and is  bothersome to Muslims even if they don't admit it, some deny it, and others don't want to apologize for it because it is true.

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Al Fadi and Dr Jay Smith continue their discussion about the many projects that Jay has been involved in including the location of Mecca, the Aramaic origins of the Quran, the Zam Zam well, and what happened  between the years 622-749 AD of Islamic history.  Al encourages his listeners to support both his and Jay's channels through Patrion.  Jay emphasizes that he only accepts support from Christians, and goes on to say he is a third generation faith missionary. 

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Jay says that the pandemic increased the number of people watching his u-tube videos about Islam.  He goes on to say that the goal is to historically critique the man, the book, and the place ( Mohammad, the Quran and Mecca) .  Jay is involved with other French, British, and German scholars who studied the same subject before him to learn from their findings.  The object is to sift the SIN to take what is coming out from the other end ( the Bible) and throw away what is left behind.  The goal is to simplify it to the average person to bring Muslims to Christ.

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Al Fadi reflects on last year's accomplishments. Reaching a one hundred thousand subscribers is a great milestone.  He thanks everybody that is part of that including speakers and teachers from David wood, Jay Smith, brother Mel to Dan Gibson. Also all the moderators, tech people ,prayer worriers and financial supporters.  He talks about the Arabic videos ,the Arabic u-tube channels and the three Facebook pages.  He asks people to continue supporting the ministry through Patrion through the new year.

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Al Fadi continues his discussion with the Panelists: 1. Thomas is working on a book to summarize 20 years of research. He also says the Quran has not gone through a historical criticism . 2. Mel thinks that the most damaging findings of the SIN is the stations of Abraham being in Hijaz, It has no Biblical support.  3. Murad says the Bible is history, and if the Kaaba is in Mecca why haven't the Jews lay any claim to it? 4. Oden says that there is no evidence that the Quran is an Islamic text, rather it is a product of other books mainly the Torah.  5.  Paul says that the Quran was not supposed to be recited alone, but with other books(ie; OT, NT). 6.  Jay says that the Quran is a historical narrative of a 7th century environment of sectarian groups waiting for Jesus' return.

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Al Fadi continues his interviews with guest speakers about SIN.  He starts with 1. Thomas Alexander from Germany who studied the Aramaic origin of the Quran.  2. Mel, who studied the Greek influence on SIN.  3. Murad, who focuses on the Aramaic meaning of the Quran, especially the first sura , which he says that it does not focuses on oneness but on trinity.  4.  Jay, Focuses on the Aramaic and Syriac languages of the Quran.  5. Oden, covers the big picture of who is kalif Abdu Al- Malik and what was his role.  6. Paul, who focuses on the Jerusalem theory. He thinks that the Quran makes more sense if we think of its construction in Jerusalem.  He also is going to put his theory in an article and publish it. 

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Al Fadi talks to Jay Smith, Oden, and Paul about the SIN.  Oden wrote a book in French called; The Great Secret of Islam.  It talks about the big picture when Islam emerged between the7-9 century.  Paul wrote the Jerusalem thesis.  He says that the Quran is very different book from what Muslims think.  For example when the Quran refers to Al Masjed al haram it really refers to the Jerusalem temple not al Ka'ba in Mecca as Muslim think.

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Al Fadi reflects on last year's accomplishments. Reaching a one hundred thousand subscribers is a great milestone.  He thanks everybody that is part of that including speakers and teachers from David wood, Jay Smith, brother Mel to Dan Gibson. Also all the moderators, tech people ,prayer worriers and financial supporters.  He talks about the Arabic videos ,the Arabic u-tube channels and the three Facebook pages.  He asks people to continue supporting the ministry through Patrion through the new year.

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Al and Mel continue to add more examples of the Standard Islamic Narrative that was fabricated to match stories from the Bible: 1. Mohammad's dad taking him to the Ka'ba to thank God for him; like Simeon in the Temple giving thanks to God for seeing baby Jesus.  2.  Mohammad's foster mother looking for babies to nurse riding on a donkey; like Mary the mother of Jesus riding on a donkey.  3. The rehash of the story of the transfiguration by saying that when Mohammad went to the temple he found Abraham, Moses and Jesus.  4. The rehash of the ascension; after Mohammad finished his business in Jerusalem, a ladder was brought to him until he reached heaven.

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Al Fadi and Mel point out the problems with the Cira (the biography) according to the Standard Islamic Narrative(SIN). First they point out that the Cira was written by two different authors between a hundred and two hundred years after the death of Mohammad.  Second they point out that the Cira borrows a lot from the Bible, both Old and New testaments; examples; A. Comparing Mohammad to Moses by saying that Mohammad did not enter Jerusalem like Moses never entered the promised land. B. Claiming that Mohammad is a descendant of Abraham through Ishmael. like Jesus was through Isaac.  C. Comparing Mohammad's Mom with Mary the mother of Jesus in Luke 1:43,by saying that a light was shining through her that lit in Syria. and the Cira says that tonight a star has risen; a child named Ahmed; like it is written  in Matthew 2 where the star stayed where the child(Jesus) was.

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Al Fadi says that he is starting a new series on why the standard Islamic narrative is sketchy.  Today he is discussing with brother Mel some of the reasons.  1. The idea that Mohammad was born in the year of the elephant.  2. Mohammad banning the worship of images and idols.  3. The location of Al Masjed Al Haram.  4. Praying at the tombs of Mohammad and others.  5. The idea that Islam is the fastest growing religion.

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Al Fadi continues his conversation with the hosts of Somali Christian TV You Tube channel.  They share that Somalis are afraid to leave Islam because they are afraid to be killed, and we need to pray for them not to fear.  We also need to pray against Somali young men killing X -Muslims and other people in the west.  The hosts of this channel expose the deception of Islam and preach the good news of Jesus, because that is how they came to Christ.  

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Al Fadi interviews Shino and Shania, the hosts of Somali Christian TV.  They are Ex Muslims who are reaching out to their fellow Somali people with the message of the good news of salvation.  They are under attack online from Somali Muslims and other Muslims who do not like their message, and also receive death threats, so they keep moving from place to place.  Al Fadi encourage Christians to support, subscribe to their U -Tube channel, and listen to their videos and liking it.  They are seeing fruit of mainly  Somali youth  coming to the Lord.

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Al Fadi continues last weeks discussion by talking about three main challenges in producing his videos: 1. Raising money . 2. Finding the right topic. 3. The content; finding meaningful topics.  Some of the topics of the Arabic videos that he did are: fear, loneliness, having the peace of Christ , and our identity in Christ.  He also mentions that he is going to do more videos on : 1. the books of the Bible. 2. Shades of Christ(typology) with Sam Shamoun.  3. Series on covenants and the Jewish festivals.  

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Al Fadi focuses on how he started his you tube channel; cirainternational.com in March 2016. He gives glory to God and thanks all supporters and team.  The purpose of the channel is to reach Muslims for Christ especially in unreached area.  He encourages people to pray for Muslims and share the videos with others. 

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"2021 was the most successful year ever", Al Fadi says.  Here is a summary: 1. Launched Arabic media work and videos.  2. Recorded more than 75 Arabic and 120 English videos.  3. Sixty people accepted Christ from Yemen.  4. Partnered with a second satellite ministry.  5.  Launched an every other week Bible study to disciple new believers from Muslim countries.  6. A church on line called the kings church.  OnYoutube.com/c/TheKingsChurch.  7. A project of translating the scripture into the Saudi dialect.  8. Journey through the Bible. 9. Concluded an online conference. 10. Reached 100K subscribers.

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Al Fadi reads Luke 2 :4-19, the narrative of the birth of Jesus.  He compares it to what he used to think Christmas was before he became Christian.  The angels announced the birth of the Savior of the world which fulfilled many old testament prophecies, ie Isaiah 9:6-7.  The greatest gift of all was God giving us Jesus to save us from our sins and so we can have peace with God and others. Until Jesus's second coming we need to tell the story of Christmas and seek to reach the lost. 

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Al Fadi, Mel and Jay Smith continue their discussion about the original site of Al Masjid Al Haram.  They conclude that it was originally in Jerusalem and later another building was built in what we know as Mecca in Hijaz of Saudi Arabia today.  One reason they point out is Mecca of today was not around until the 8th century.  For more details on this subject you can go to Cirainternational u-tube channel and look for  "Where was the real Masjid Al Haram"? dated on 6/17/21.   

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Mel and Al are discussing if the original site of Al Masjed AL Haram  was in Mecca of today or was it in Jerusalem. They say that Mecca did not exist in the 8th century. They also say that the Jews had three feast that they referred to as Haj to the Temple Mount. Mount Moriah is the site of the Temple Mount where Abraham was going to offer his son as a sacrifice. They think that the word Marwa is taken from the word Moriah. 

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Al and Joel discuss the Islamic end times, in particular the person of the antichrist which Muslim call Al-Dajjal.  Joel wrote a book called: "The Islamic Antichrist".  Who is this person in the eyes of Muslims?  He is the great deceiver, he is blind in one eye, he has the word kafir written on his forehead just to name a few.  They also think that he can deceive any Muslim and the way to protect themselves against him is to memorize a certain chapter of the Quran and were a special necklace. Some modern day Muslim teachers say that he will be followed by; Zionist Jews, Trinitarian Christian, and women and that is how they will recognize him.  It is sad to see how Muslims have been taught to think that the antichrist is the Christian coming Messiah.

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According to Islam Djinn (Ginn) ;also known as genies are not human, but spirits that have a free will to believe or not. Muslims are afraid of them and a lot of them have violent encounter with them.  The Quran mentions Djinn in Sura 72, It says that they are different than angels.  Christians believe that they are demons and we have the power to pray and set people free from that.  Missionaries do that in Middle Eastern countries.  The Gospel has the power to set people free.

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Al Fadi, Mel and Jay Smith continue their discussion about the original site of Al Masjid Al Haram.  They conclude that it was originally in Jerusalem and later another building was built in what we know as Mecca in Hijaz of Saudi Arabia today.  One reason they point out is Mecca of today was not around until the 8th century.  For more details on this subject you can go to Cirainternational u-tube channel and look for  "Where was the real Masjid Al Haram"? dated on 6/17/21.   

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Mel and Al are discussing if the original site of Al Masjed AL Haram  was in Mecca of today or was it in Jerusalem. They say that Mecca did not exist in the 8th century. They also say that the Jews had three feast that they referred to as Haj to the Temple Mount. Mount Moriah is the site of the Temple Mount where Abraham was going to offer his son as a sacrifice. They think that the word Marwa is taken from the word Moriah. 

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Al and Joel discuss the Islamic end times, in particular the person of the antichrist which Muslim call Al-Dajjal.  Joel wrote a book called: "The Islamic Antichrist".  Who is this person in the eyes of Muslims?  He is the great deceiver, he is blind in one eye, he has the word kafir written on his forehead just to name a few.  They also think that he can deceive any Muslim and the way to protect themselves against him is to memorize a certain chapter of the Quran and were a special necklace. Some modern day Muslim teachers say that he will be followed by; Zionist Jews, Trinitarian Christian, and women and that is how they will recognize him.  It is sad to see how Muslims have been taught to think that the antichrist is the Christian coming Messiah.

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According to Islam Djinn (Ginn) ;also known as genies are not human, but spirits that have a free will to believe or not. Muslims are afraid of them and a lot of them have violent encounter with them.  The Quran mentions Djinn in Sura 72, It says that they are different than angels.  Christians believe that they are demons and we have the power to pray and set people free from that.  Missionaries do that in Middle Eastern countries.  The Gospel has the power to set people free.

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Al Fadi talks about the different improvements that happened in the past months from remodeling the studio, having amazing guest speakers, the King's church online in Arabic, the Q&A show by Al Fadi, another show on textual criticism of the Quranic manuscripts, and publishing the new Arabic videos on a new Facebook page called" Nahj Al sabeel', نهج السبيل. He also mentions two more Facebook pages: one is cirainternational.com in Arabic قناة السيرة الدولية and his personal FB; Alfadi.cira.

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Al Fadi talks with Brother Mel who tries to decide if the story of Mohammad is historical or fictional by comparing it with the fictional story of "The Lord of the Rings".  Using twelve points of comparison from the call to adventure, the supreme ordeal,...., and finally the road back or the heroes return.  Mel concludes that Mohammad's story is fictional.  Listen to learn the details of the story.

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Jay Smith asks Al Fadi ;who is a native of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, about what Muslims believe about Jeddah and what historians today believe.  Muslims believe that Jeddah existed around 400 BC while historians discovered that it did not exist before the eighth century as a port to serve Mecca.  They also discuss what Muslims do in Mecca, the black stone, its significance, why people try to touch and kiss it, and how all this are idolatry.  Jay and Al are doing a series on Jay's channel (PfanderFilms) to debunk the myth of the black stone.

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Al Fadi and Jay Smith are challenging the Islamic traditional view which says that Mecca is where Islam started, Medina is where Mohammad migrated, and that the Quran was revealed during his time in both Mecca and Medina.  Also that the Quran was collected as a book  after the death of Mohammad by Abu Bakr and later by Othman in 652-654 AD.  Jay and Al ask the following questions:  Who is Mohammad? Did he really exist? And what do we know about Mecca? By doing so the are doing a historical critique of Islam.  

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Al Fadi and David continue their discussion about Ramadan and how it is feasting rather than fasting ; how it is not good for health, and that the purpose is to feel good about self and to be noticed by others; the opposite of what Jesus taught in Matthew 6.  They also mention that violence in the name of Allah increases during the month of Ramadan.

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Al Fadi and David Wood point out how the month of Ramadan is a month of feasting more than a month of fasting.  Muslims don't eat and drink during the daylight hours and feast at night, and they use more food during the month of Ramadan than any other month of the year.  They also like to be praised for fasting which is the opposite of what Jesus said to do when someone fasts in Matthew 6.   

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Al Fadi and David Wood point out how the month of Ramadan is a month of feasting more than a month of fasting.  Muslims don't eat and drink during the daylight hours and feast at night, and they use more food during the month of Ramadan than any other month of the year.  They also like to be praised for fasting which is the opposite of what Jesus said to do when someone fasts in Matthew 6.   

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Al Fadi and Anthony Rogers continue their discussion to give more examples to prove Jesus' divinity in the gospel of Mark.   In Mark 6: 45-52, Jesus saw the disciples out on the lake which shows His divine character of omniscience; all knowing, and the wind was against them, he came walking on the water and stopped the wind; which showed his omnipotence; all powerful. In the old testament only God can walk on the water.  He also told them fear not; which echoes God telling His people in Isaiah 43:1 not to fear.  Jesus said also;  it is I; which in Greek means ego EIMI ;The I Am of Exodus. 

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Muslims claim that the gospel of Mark doesn't speak of the divinity of Christ.  Al Fadi and Anthony Rogers are discussing the points that will refute that claim and prove the divinity of Christ.  Mark reference Isaiah 40:3 and Malachi 3:1 at the beginning of his gospel(1:1-3), as a fulfilment of these prophecies.  They also site Isaiah 42:1, as an example of how God the Father echoes this passage in Mark 1:11 . Listen to learn more details and examples.

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Al Fadi and his guests continue to discuss the month of fasting; Ramadan.  They talk about how did they explained to westerners why were they fasting.  How they liked to brag of doing it for God, and made sure everyone knew that they were fasting.  They explain how Mohammad took traditions from pagan Arabs and Jews on fasting . They say the ultimate reason for fasting was the forgiveness of sins not getting closer to God. They ask these questions of Muslims: Why are you fasting? And who asked you to fast? 

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Al Fadi talks about Ramadan with two x-Muslims; Daughter of Christ and Nasser Qahtani.  They share their memories of food and family.  Daughter of Christ share the struggles of having to work and not eating or drinking all day, while Nasser remembers switching eating and drinking at night and sleeping during the day in Saudi Arabia which was more accommodating for Ramadan.  They contrast that with what Jesus said about fasting of not showing off that you are fasting.

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Al Fadi and David Wood discuss the three challenges that Islam raises against Christianity, Muslim who are seeking the truth, and for the world.  They highlight the biblical response to each challenge.  1. Islam contradicts the core beliefs of Christianity; Jesus's is not the Son of God, He did not die on the cross, and others.  2. Muslims who believe in Jesus had to give up their families.  3. They also believe in the violent subjugation of the world.  Al and David also discuss the psychology of Mohammad which made him who he was and consequently affected the way he treated women. 

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David wood and Al Fadi  discuss the treatment of women in Muslim majority countries in light of International Women Day.  David talks about two different studies by two different organizations who studied the status of women in many countries and found out that Muslim majority countries rank the worse.  From physical violence to the percentage of women who are married and divorced by the age of sixteen.  They also point out that Mecca is the sexual assault capital of the world, and most of that happens during the Hajj pilgrimage.

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Al and Mel continue their conversation to say that the founders of the Ta'i tribe were Persians not Arabs, and that the Arabs were the soldiers.  The word Qurashi; which Muslims believe was Mohammad's tribe is a Persian name.  They discuss Chinese historical sources which talk about a king with a black stone; who Mel thinks is Elias ibn Qabisah (Mohammad).  A proof of the strong Persian leadership also comes from the three kalifs named Yazeed I ,II, III,(first ,second and third), which undermine the Islamic tradition.  They also briefly discuss when  alcohol was banned in Islam.  

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Al Fadi talks to Mel from sneakers Corner about who Mohammad really was.  1. Mel believes that the story of Mohammad has been fabricated and been built up over a number of decades.  He also believes that the story is loosely based on a character called; Elias Ibn Qabisah Al- Ta'i ; the leader of the Ta'i tribe.  2. The geography of Islam is all wrong and it does not start in Hijaz, Saudi Arabia.  Early seventh century sources points to Iraq(NE of the Arabian Peninsula).  Listen to learn more fascinating details.

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Al Fadi and David Wood discuss why is Paul under attack by the Muslims.  They say that Muslims are looking for someone to blame for Mohammad  getting so many things wrong about God and the Bible. When Muslims attack the council of Nicaea you should know that they are making things up. When we get to our time; Muslims start noticing that the teaching of Paul does not line up with the teaching of Islam.  We can trace all the doctrines of Christianity back to the first century.  We know that Paul is more reliable than Mohammad because: 1. Paul is smarter than Mohammad; Paul knew the old testament ,Paul also went up to Jerusalem and compared his revelations with those who knew Jesus.  Mohammad did not compare his revelations with Jews and Christians.  2. Mohammad justified his immorality by introducing more revelations. While Paul  knew he was wrong when he persecuted Christians and repented.

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Al Fadi and David Wood discuss the three challenges that Islam raises against Christianity, Muslim who are seeking the truth, and for the world.  They highlight the biblical response to each challenge.  1. Islam contradicts the core beliefs of Christianity; Jesus's is not the Son of God, He did not die on the cross, and others.  2. Muslims who believe in Jesus had to give up their families.  3. They also believe in the violent subjugation of the world.  Al and David also discuss the psychology of Mohammad which made him who he was and consequently affected the way he treated women. 

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David wood and Al Fadi  discuss the treatment of women in Muslim majority countries in light of International Women Day.  David talks about two different studies by two different organizations who studied the status of women in many countries and found out that Muslim majority countries rank the worse.  From physical violence to the percentage of women who are married and divorced by the age of sixteen.  They also point out that Mecca is the sexual assault capital of the world, and most of that happens during the Hajj pilgrimage.

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Al and Mel continue their conversation to say that the founders of the Ta'i tribe were Persians not Arabs, and that the Arabs were the soldiers.  The word Qurashi; which Muslims believe was Mohammad's tribe is a Persian name.  They discuss Chinese historical sources which talk about a king with a black stone; who Mel thinks is Elias ibn Qabisah (Mohammad).  A proof of the strong Persian leadership also comes from the three kalifs named Yazeed I ,II, III,(first ,second and third), which undermine the Islamic tradition.  They also briefly discuss when  alcohol was banned in Islam.  

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Al Fadi talks to Mel from sneakers Corner about who Mohammad really was.  1. Mel believes that the story of Mohammad has been fabricated and been built up over a number of decades.  He also believes that the story is loosely based on a character called; Elias Ibn Qabisah Al- Ta'i ; the leader of the Ta'i tribe.  2. The geography of Islam is all wrong and it does not start in Hijaz, Saudi Arabia.  Early seventh century sources points to Iraq(NE of the Arabian Peninsula).  Listen to learn more fascinating details.

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Al Fadi and David Wood discuss why is Paul under attack by the Muslims.  They say that Muslims are looking for someone to blame for Mohammad  getting so many things wrong about God and the Bible. When Muslims attack the council of Nicaea you should know that they are making things up. When we get to our time; Muslims start noticing that the teaching of Paul does not line up with the teaching of Islam.  We can trace all the doctrines of Christianity back to the first century.  We know that Paul is more reliable than Mohammad because: 1. Paul is smarter than Mohammad; Paul knew the old testament ,Paul also went up to Jerusalem and compared his revelations with those who knew Jesus.  Mohammad did not compare his revelations with Jews and Christians.  2. Mohammad justified his immorality by introducing more revelations. While Paul  knew he was wrong when he persecuted Christians and repented.

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Al Fadi is talking with Mel from "Sneakers Corner" about who the real Mohammad is.  It does not agree with the traditional Islamic teaching that Mohammad came from Mecca and then moved to Medina where he died.  Mel says that Arabia was not what we call today Saudi Arabia.  The Romans had Arabia divided into three regions: 1. North, Arabia Petraea.  2. South, Arabia Felix.  3. Middle; Arabia Deserta .  Mel also points out that Mohammad was from the Taiia tribe who migrated to the old Nabataean kingdom(Petra).  Listen to learn more details.

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Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun continue to discuss why Jesus is superior to Mohammad according to the Quran.  They discuss some hadith(Bukhari and Muslim) that talks about how Mary's mother prayed to God to protect Mary and Jesus from Satan.  They also discuss briefly reason #4 that the Quran says that Jesus is God's word and a spirit from God. In contrast the Quran talks that Mohammad is imperfect and a sinner in need of forgiveness.

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Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun use the Quran to show that Jesus is superior to Mohammad.  They don't believe that the Quran is the word of God, but they follow Paul's example in reaching out to people. These Characteristics are: 1. Jesus's maternal family were the  greatest creatures.  2. Jesus's mother was the greatest woman, and the only woman mentioned by name.  3. Jesus and His mother are absolutely sinless and pure.  4.Jesus is the pre-existent  word of God.  5. Jesus was conceived and born of a virgin. 6. Jesus created things.  7. Jesus went back to God where he came from.  Not so Mohammad who does not fit any of these characteristics.

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Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun continue their discussion about how Muslim traditions consider Mohammad as the perfect man, even though the Quran does not support that and it says that Mohammad was a sinner;(Q74:1-5,93:6-7 ) are two examples.  On the other hand , the Quran specifically mentions that both Jesus and His mother Mary are sinless;(Q3:42).  Tune in to learn more details.

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Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun discuss the doctrine of Ismah, which teaches that the prophets are sinless and even if they sin they are miraculously forgiven.  Sam goes on to show verses from the Quran that teaches that prophets sinned and they are asking for forgiveness from Adam to Mohammad Except Jesus who was sinless.  Sam thinks that this doctrine came to be to try and make Mohammad more comparable to Jesus.

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Al Fadi gives a detailed update on the different shows he has done and is in the process of releasing about Islam, the Quran and Mohammad.  He has different guests, among them are Sam Shamoun, David Wood, Jay Smith and many others. He also mentions that the new officially released Arabic video series called" Nahj al Sabeel".  The whole purpose of all is to let Muslims check the truth and think on their own beliefs in hope to come to a saving knowledge of the Lord.

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Al Fadi and David wood continue their conversation about more reasons why atheist Muslims have trouble with Mohammad moral character . 3. Wife beating. They ask the question , on what basis is it alright to beat your wife?  4. killing the apostates. Mohammad ordered the execution of whoever leaves his religion. Listen for more detailed information. 

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Al Fadi and David wood discuss why do atheist Muslims think that Mohammad was wrong in his moral behavior, giving two examples from the life of Mohammad.  1.. Mohammad marring Ayesha at age 9, before the age of puppetry.  2. Mohammad marrying his adopted son's wife and abolishing adoption. They say that these atheist had no foundation for why it is wrong, because these practices could be acceptable in certain societies and not in others. Listen to the conversation to learn more.

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Al Fadi and David wood are discussing the question that many Christians complain about David's way of criticizing,( Mocking) Islam and Mohammad. David say that it is one way of challenging Muslims to what they believe. And that the Bible has many examples in the Old Testament, ie, Elijah mocking the prophets of Baal.   And In the New Testament Jesus was harder on the Pharisees and called them white washed tombs.  It is okay to mock people who are idol worshipers, oppressor, and religious leaders who are leading others astray.

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Al Fadi talks with Dr. David wood, who is a former atheist ,about the reasons why Muslims leave Islam and become atheists.  They leave because they have moral objections to something Mohammad did, something the Quran said, and the effect that Islam is having on the world.  David came to the same conclusion that Bill Nye believes at age twelve, that he is but a speck in the universe and rules don't matter. David ended up in prison where he became a Christian.  David is an apologist and have been doing debates and videos . Listen for more details about up coming debates ." Why I became a Christian" is the you tube video about David's testimony. 

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Al Fadi and Joel Richardson continue the discussion on the second coming of Christ.  Joel says that the Bible is very clear that no man knows the hour of His coming, and that the antichrist is not going a Jew but a military, gentile ruler who will be hostile towards the Jews.  He mentions that the peace accords that  Israel is having with its neighbors is not the peace treaty that the bible talks about, but it is an economic agreement only.

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Al Fadi and  Joel Richardson continue the discussion of Joel's book " From Sinai to Zion".  This book deals with a series of prophecies which starts with Genesis 3:15 (the first gospel),and ends with the coming of the Son of Man(the second coming).  In Daniel 7, Jesus is both the Messiah; the crushing one and Yahweh (God Almighty) who is coming back to save us.  They discuss in more details the pillar of cloud who is called the Angel of the Lord in Exodus 14 and Jesus coming back in the clouds as the gospels tell it.  A fascinating detailed discussion.

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Al Fadi and Joel Richardson continue their discussion on the second coming of Christ.  They look at Deuteronomy 33,Isaiah 63,Psalm 68,and Habakkuk 3.  In Deuteronomy ,the Lord is marching and shining like fire and lightening from Sinai..  In Isaiah 63 the majestic marching of the Lord from Edom soaked in his enemies blood,  In Habakkuk, God radiating and shining from the south; a messianic deliverance where he will spread the red sea again.  All these passages are explained in Joel's new book in more details, which explains the ultimate fulfillment of the coming of Christ.

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Al Fadi discusses with Joel Richardson his new book ; Sinai to Zion, about the untold story of the triumphant return of Jesus.  The book has three parts: 1. The Mosaic covenant on Mt Sinai which was a bilateral covenant ,and was understood as a wedding/betrothal ceremony between God and Israel.  2. The restoration of Israel.  3. The return of Jesus on the clouds; he goes in details about old and new testament prophecies about that. The book is found on joeltrumpet.com.

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Al Fadi discusses with Joel Richardson his new book ; Sinai to Zion, about the untold story of the triumphant return of Jesus.  The book has three parts: 1. The Mosaic covenant on Mt Sinai which was a bilateral covenant ,and was understood as a wedding/betrothal ceremony between God and Israel.  2. The restoration of Israel.  3. The return of Jesus on the clouds; he goes in details about old and new testament prophecies about that. The book is found on joeltrumpet.com.

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Al Fadi and Joel Richardson continue their discussion on mount Sinai ,and some of the evidence that indicates its possible new location:1. The split rock where water came out of (Exodus 17: 6, Is.48:21) ; this rock is a massive rock. 2. The presence of Jewish graves; the Bible talks about 3 thousand people died after the making of the golden calf;( Exodus 32:28). 3. The presence of some petroglyphs; ie menorah. These things makes it hard to deny the possibility that Jabal Al-Luz is the true Mount Sinai.  

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Al Fadi discusses  the subject of the real location of Mount Sinai with his guest speaker Joel Richardson.  Joel explains why he believes that Mt Sinai is in NW Saudi Arabia. His first line of evidence is that it is located on the eastern side of the Red Sea .The second evidence is the ancient Jewish tradition believed by Jewish historians, like Josephus and Filo which believed that Mt Sinai is the tallest mountain in Midian which is now the northern part of Saudi Arabia , and that it is called mount Moses by the locals.

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Al Fadi is visiting this subject again as he mentions the four wrong views of government that he addressed in previous episodes.  Starting from Genesis when God instituted the civil government (Gen. 9: 5-6). In the new testament in Romans 13, government was established by God to punish evil,  we should obey the authorities , and do good.  The book of judges is a great example when chaos and anarchy rule and everybody does what is right in his own eyes.  

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Al Fadi and Joel Richardson continue the discussion on the second coming of Christ.  Joel says that the Bible is very clear that no man knows the hour of His coming, and that the antichrist is not going a Jew but a military, gentile ruler who will be hostile towards the Jews.  He mentions that the peace accords that  Israel is having with its neighbors is not the peace treaty that the bible talks about, but it is an economic agreement only.

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Al Fadi and  Joel Richardson continue the discussion of Joel's book " From Sinai to Zion".  This book deals with a series of prophecies which starts with Genesis 3:15 (the first gospel),and ends with the coming of the Son of Man(the second coming).  In Daniel 7, Jesus is both the Messiah; the crushing one and Yahweh (God Almighty) who is coming back to save us.  They discuss in more details the pillar of cloud who is called the Angel of the Lord in Exodus 14 and Jesus coming back in the clouds as the gospels tell it.  A fascinating detailed discussion.

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Some people use passages from the Bible(Jer. 10: 2-4, Isa. 44: 14-15) to say that we should not celebrate Christmas, but Al Fadi answers three arguments of why Christians should celebrate Christmas using J Hampton Keathley III.  1. Christmas is commercialized and materialized. 2. Scripture does not authorize it.  3. The Scripture forbids it.  He points out that we have to look at the context of the passages and ask ourselves what is the reason behind the celebration.  He also points to passages in the new testament where angels, shepherds ,and magi celebrated the birth of our Lord.

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Al Fadi and Joel Richardson continue their discussion on the second coming of Christ.  They look at Deuteronomy 33,Isaiah 63,Psalm 68,and Habakkuk 3.  In Deuteronomy ,the Lord is marching and shining like fire and lightening from Sinai..  In Isaiah 63 the majestic marching of the Lord from Edom soaked in his enemies blood,  In Habakkuk, God radiating and shining from the south; a messianic deliverance where he will spread the red sea again.  All these passages are explained in Joel's new book in more details, which explains the ultimate fulfillment of the coming of Christ.

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Al Fadi discusses with Joel Richardson his new book ; Sinai to Zion, about the untold story of the triumphant return of Jesus.  The book has three parts: 1. The Mosaic covenant on Mt Sinai which was a bilateral covenant ,and was understood as a wedding/betrothal ceremony between God and Israel.  2. The restoration of Israel.  3. The return of Jesus on the clouds; he goes in details about old and new testament prophecies about that. The book is found on joeltrumpet.com.

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Al Fadi and Joel Richardson continue their discussion on mount Sinai ,and some of the evidence that indicates its possible new location:1. The split rock where water came out of (Exodus 17: 6, Is.48:21) ; this rock is a massive rock. 2. The presence of Jewish graves; the Bible talks about 3 thousand people died after the making of the golden calf;( Exodus 32:28). 3. The presence of some petroglyphs; ie menorah. These things makes it hard to deny the possibility that Jabal Al-Luz is the true Mount Sinai.  

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Al Fadi discusses  the subject of the real location of Mount Sinai with his guest speaker Joel Richardson.  Joel explains why he believes that Mt Sinai is in NW Saudi Arabia. His first line of evidence is that it is located on the eastern side of the Red Sea .The second evidence is the ancient Jewish tradition believed by Jewish historians, like Josephus and Filo which believed that Mt Sinai is the tallest mountain in Midian which is now the northern part of Saudi Arabia , and that it is called mount Moses by the locals.

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Al Fadi talks about the man born blind in John 9:1-7. The common world view of that day is that if a person was blind; it was either he or his parents have sinned.  Jesus refuted that by healing the man both spiritually and physically. People tend to focus on the physical and forget about the most urgent need for the human heart which is healing of the spiritual blindness.  God created us in His own image so that we can have fellowship with Him and and it is by our obedience to Him that we can fulfill our purpose in life.

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Al Fadi shares in details four major updates of Cira International:

1. The first quarter of the year included conferences, trainings, Arabic satellite programs, And Arabic FB page; both translation of Bible into the Saudi dialect, and preparation to launch Arabic U-tube videos to be released later. 2. During lockdown because of COVID, he started doing live steam videos from his home office(75).  3. The ministry met its basic needs, and he shares ways to donate to the ministry from Patron, PayPal and more. 4. A conference that just happened last week which dealt with Evangelism , Apologetics and the role of the Arab world in bible prophecy.

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The Bible does encourage Christians to participate in government for a variety of reasons including being a buffer against  the wrong interpretation of scripture.  For example ,in Daniel 4:27, Daniel told the king to break off his sins; he told him the truth and that way God used Daniel to be  a counselor.  Another example in Jeremiah 29: 7, God asked His people to seek the welfare of the city of there captivity, and to pray for the city.  There is a lot of other examples in the old testament and some in the new testament (Mt 14: 3,4, Luke 3: 18-20) are some examples that God used His people to make an influence for God's larger plan.

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This view says that nothing good comes from the church's involvement in politics.  It is wrong because God left Christians on earth to influence society and that by being involved in all aspects of life , which include being in government.  Both church and government  are instruments to help restrain evil; 1 john 3: 8. Historical church involvement helped rid societies in the past of evil practices like infanticides and branding criminals faces.  

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This view is usually held by pacifists, and it disagrees with Romans 13:1-6 ,where it says that government is a servant of God.  They take Luke 4: 5-7 out of context. We should also take the whole view of the Bible.  Daniel  4: 7 , says that the most high rules the kingdoms of men.  So God is in control of governments not Satan.  God allows governments to go after evil doers, He appoints governments, and he is the one that establishes them (all of them).  The job of the civil government is punish  those who do evil.  

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This view states that there is no room for religion in government and is promoted by the ACLU.  It violates the first amendment by keeping religion out of government instead of keeping the government out of religious affairs.  It also promotes atheisms as the religion of the government.  Romans 13:4 talks about government as God's agent to institute righteousness and punish evil.  If we take God out of government we remove  absolute morality and promote relativism.  Daniel 4:27,Luke 3:19, and Acts 24:25, are good examples of the influence of religion in government.

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 This view of government causes wars, and we have examples from the history of the church.  Jesus was opposed to this view, Luke 9: 52- 55.  True faith can not be forced; it is a voluntary decision.  We should appeal to people; Matt. 11: 28, Acts 28: 23.  In conclusion: Governments should never attempt to force religion on people, but provide freedom for all.    Forcing religion could lead to religious persecution or having false converts.

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Al Fadi continues his series on the role the church and believers in politics and the government.  He mainly focuses his time on Isaiah chapter one and compares what the nation of Israel did and what the western civilization is doing, in the way that they left the biblical values and followed the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah,vs10.  He also compares verse 15 when Israel's hands were full of blood with our nation with the killing of innocent babies/abortion.  The nation of Israel suffered the consequences for her sin, and so will our nation if we don't repent and turn away from our sins, vs18-20.  He urges the church to vote for people who hold biblical value.

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Al Fadi introduces a new series on the Christian role in government.  He explains that according to the Bible, government is appointed by God whether we like it or not ,Romans 13: 1-7.  He also explains that 1 Timothy 2: 1-4, explains that the role of people in government ties with God's plan of salvation.  In the next few weeks he is going to discuss 5 wrong views about Christians in government:  1. Government should compel (force) people to religion.  2.  Government should exclude religion from government.  3.  All governments are evil and demonic.  4.  Do evangelism, but not politics.  5.  Do politics, but not evangelism. 

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Jay Smith talks with Al Fadi about the many different Qurans that he and Hatun Tash found. Just between the Warsh and the Hafs copies, there is five thousand differences.  This is specially problematic because the Quran and Muslims claim that there is not one letter is changed in the Quran.  Some Muslim  debaters like Yasir Qaadi and Mohammad Hijab admit that there are holes in the narrative of the Quran, but they refuse to discuss it in public. 

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Jay and Al Fadi discuss that there is more than seven different Arabic Qurans , and none of them is from the time of Uthman (the third Muslim caliph).  They debunk the claim of Muslims that the Quran has been preserved,never been created and can't be changed;(Q 85:22,15:9).  In the time of Uthman; one Quran copy,  in the Qurashi dialect,  was chosen and all other copies were collected and burned.  Listen to hear more details concerning the subject. 

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Al Fadi discusses what  the believers reaction should be  towards rioting.  He says that we should not take sides, but think of people who are created in God's image. TheBible does not codon riots, in fact the Bible mentions that Paul faced riots because of his message, Acts 19: 23-41,  which stirred up jealousy and riots.  The reason was that Paul's new message was going to disturb the idol worshipers business .  Our responsibility as believers is to share the good news and pray for people who are involved and those in authority, 1 Tim. 2: 1-3.  

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Al Fadi and Jay Smith are answering several questions from - the material that Dan Gibson did introducing that the Qibla was originally in Petra,Jordan not Mecca ,Saudi Arabia. To- The Madina charter(agreement) articles, where Muhammad demanded that every non Muslim sign especially the Jews; who refused. They also talked about the standardization  of the Quranic text from 1924-1985.

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Al Fadi continues his teaching about being the church from last time using Colossians 3:12-17. How to behave in kindness, humility, gentleness and patience, first towards one another as believers and then towards non believers to bring glory to God.  Take advantage to share the peace of Christ with others in the middle of the uncertain times we are in. 

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Al Fadi continues his series on how to respond to crisis as Christians; 5. By giving to the needy brothers and sisters in the lord (1 john 3:17).  6. Remain connected to the body of Christ; being isolated is dangerous; and there is a lot of ways to stay connected on line.  7. Be the church; remember we need to be the salt and light of the world.  People are more open to listen to the message in time of crisis. "The greatest testimony are Christians who love the world the way God loved them; Al said". John 3:16, 1 john 4: 9.

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      Al Fadi gives some ministry updates on social media, for example ; You tube   cirainternational live streams.  He continues to share two more ways christians should    respond to a crisis:  3. Placing the interest of others ahead of ours, Philippians 2:3-4.  4. Buying what we need, and trusting that God will supply our needs: Matthew 6:33.

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Al Fadi shares what our reaction should be as christian believers in times of crisis as Covid 19 for example in the age of social media where news spread fast. 1. Not to promote fake news,Proverbs 11:14, ask yourself what good sharing that news? Philippians 4:8 talks about thinking about what is true,honorable,just,lovely and excellent. Our reaction impact others.  2. We must not let fear rule over us, because others are watching us. Isaiah 41:10 and 2 Timothy 1:7 talks about the right reaction is not fear.  Isaiah 26: 3 says that God will keep us in perfect peace if we are trusting the Lord.

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Al Fadi continues today's show by picking up from last week's final post discussion of Islamic dilemma; " The Quran speaks of a fake Jesus who is called"Isa",yet he is not the son of God". This Isa is not the Jesus of the bible, Al tries to explain why.  Next he discusses two posts about why Muhammad is not in heaven,ie: in the hell fire now. Reason number one is he denied the only way to heaven,Jesus. Second,he broke every commandment and Jesus said in Mt 13:41 that law breakers will be thrown into hell.

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Al Fadi discusses four posts today: 1. The dilemma of Islamic counterfeits on 3/6/20;" The Quran speaks of a cross that is counterfeit! The one who died on it is unknown and was used as a replacement for The REAL JESUS to deceive humanity! 2.The dilemma of Islamic Archaeology,3/4/20; " can any of our Muslim friends present a SINGLE archaeological proof that MUHAMMAD is buried in his alledged grave in Medina! 3. Jesus exposes Mohammad, John 8:44. 4. The dilemma of Islamic counterfeit; The Quran speaks of a fake Jesus it calls him Issa.

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Al Fadi gives five reasons for why we believe that Jesus is Divine: 1.Jesus asked his disciples who do they think He was. 2. The Bible teaches of the preexistence of Jesus.3. He is the creator,(John 1:1).  4.. Jesus identified himself as divine. 5.. The apostles identified Him as divine. Listen to learn the details.

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Al Fadi goes through multiple passages from the old testament( Ps.110:1, Ps 24:7,8, Ps 45:67, Isa. 44:6, Ps 102:25) and some from the new testament(1 Pt 3:15,1 Cor. 2:8, Rev. 1:18,2:15, Heb. 1) to explain how both the OT and the NT agree that Jesus is Lord.

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Al Fadi talks about how different media platforms like zoom,Facebook, and Youtube have improved ministry.  He talks about using Facebook live streams on one of the three Facebook accounts (alfadi.cira,cirainternational,or thealfadi) where he interviews different people from X- Muslims to apologists.  They talk about different subjects from testimonies, the trinity,the psychology of Islam, and many more.  You can watch these events live or go to  cirainternational Youtube if you missed it and check the playlist.  

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Al Fadi continues his study on hope from the gospel of John . He says that Jesus is the revealer of God; If we want to know God we need to know Jesus.  We need to be courageous and confident because God is in us and with us. In verses 15-17 , Jesus says that if we love him we need to obey his commandments; 1. our obedience is an evidence of our faith. 2. He will send the Holy Spirit as our helper,and the H.S. in us is another reason for hope. Verse 18 , Jesus said that He will not leave us as orphans ,and if we have a relationship with Him we are not alone and we have hope. . 

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Al Fadi  talks about how to have hope in Christ.  He uses the passage in the gospel of John 14:1-6. 1. To have hope you have to believe in Christ.  2. If you believe in Christ ,it also means that you believe in the Father. 3. If you believe that Christ has a place for you in the Father's house, you will not be troubled. 4. If you know Jesus you know the way to heaven because Jesus said that he is the way. The question is do you know Him? Do you know the way? If you do, share Him with others, but if you don't accept Him by faith.

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Al Fadi continues today's show by picking up from last week's final post discussion of Islamic dilemma; " The Quran speaks of a fake Jesus who is called"Isa",yet he is not the son of God". This Isa is not the Jesus of the bible, Al tries to explain why.  Next he discusses two posts about why Muhammad is not in heaven,ie: in the hell fire now. Reason number one is he denied the only way to heaven,Jesus. Second,he broke every commandment and Jesus said in Mt 13:41 that law breakers will be thrown into hell.

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Al Fadi discusses four posts today: 1. The dilemma of Islamic counterfeits on 3/6/20;" The Quran speaks of a cross that is counterfeit! The one who died on it is unknown and was used as a replacement for The REAL JESUS to deceive humanity! 2.The dilemma of Islamic Archaeology,3/4/20; " can any of our Muslim friends present a SINGLE archaeological proof that MUHAMMAD is buried in his alledged grave in Medina! 3. Jesus exposes Mohammad, John 8:44. 4. The dilemma of Islamic counterfeit; The Quran speaks of a fake Jesus it calls him Issa.

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Al Fadi gives five reasons for why we believe that Jesus is Divine: 1.Jesus asked his disciples who do they think He was. 2. The Bible teaches of the preexistence of Jesus.3. He is the creator,(John 1:1).  4.. Jesus identified himself as divine. 5.. The apostles identified Him as divine. Listen to learn the details.

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Al Fadi starts with 1st Peter 3:15," ...Sanctify Christ as Lord in your heart,always be prepared to give an answer for the hope that is in you..."  He also discusses some verses from Isaiah that talks about Jesus as Lord, and then moves to the book of Hebrews chapter one which quotes a lot of old testament references about Christ as Lord and God.  He finally goes to Mathew 22:41-45 where Christ is talking to the pharisees of who he is.

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Al Fadi is sharing how to ask muslims the hard question about polygamy .  He uses Q 4:3 as a reference that talks about marrying many wives.  He points out that the Quran ordain and commands muslims to marry more than one wife ,but the Bible does not do that. In Genesis 2:24 and Matthew 19:3, the Bible talks that marriage is one man and one woman becoming one. He uses a FB post from Feb 11, "Why Mohammad is a false prophet because he permitted marrying multiple women...."

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Al Fadi and Rob Christian continue their discussion from last week about the mistakes that the Quran has when it comes to certain words, how they are written, the meaning behind every way of writing,and the effect on the Quran's accuracy and the claim of muslims of its preservation. They discuss words from Q 48:9 ,2:18 ,3:8 ,and 69:52.

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Al Fadi and Rob Christian, a Christian apologist, discuss a couple of grammatical errors in the most popular Quranic version of a reader called Hafs. They argue those words do not help the Muslims claim of the perfection of the Quran. 

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Al Fadi encourages believers to shine no matter the circumstances. He uses Psalms 73, 91, and Romans 8 to show us that God is in control of our lives, he is our protector and shield. He is the one that going to give the people in charge the wisdom to handle the situation. 

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Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun continue to discuss more Islamic resources that talks about the Apostle Paul. 1. Sahih Al Bukhari, vol.9:93, # 589, says that Allah said: the Prophet said, "Allah said, "I have prepared for My righteous slaves (such excellent things) as no eye has ever seen, nor an ear has ever heard nor a human heart can ever think of.' This is a copy of what the Apostle Paul said what God has prepared for his people in 2 Corinthians 2:9. 

2. Ibin Kathir include the narration of how Paul met Jesus on the way to Damascus. It mirrors the new testament story in the book of Acts chapter 9.  So these are two respected Islamic resources that talks about Paul in a positive way not what muslims accuse Paul of these days.

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Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun are trying to expose the lies about the Apostle Paul by discussing the mention and confirmation of the Apostle Paul in the Quran and by the commentators.  Quran 61: 14 talks about Jesus' followers were strengthened and will be dominant over everyone.  Quran 36:13,14 talks about Paul as a messenger sent by Jesus. Paul met Jesus' disciples and was confirmed by them, therefore he is a messenger of God.

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Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun continue the discussion from the gospel of Mark to show that Jesus is God because God only can forgive sin (Mark 2:1-12) also He knew what is in the heart of men in (Mark 2: 8).  In (Mark 12:35-37) Jesus said that David called Him Lord by the Holy Spirit.  They also point out the the Quran also agrees that only God can forgive sin and knows what is in the heart of man.  Tune in to learn more.  

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Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun discuss the deity of Christ in the gospel of Mark to answer a claim by muslims that only the gospel of John talks about the deity of Christ.  They discuss Mark 1 and Malachi 3:1 talk about Christ is the coming God.  Also Mark 12 about the parable of the vineyard in which Christ talks about himself as the one beloved son; the heir.  They point out that one of the 99 names of God in Islam is the heir(Al Wareth) . Tune in to hear more.

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Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun discuss the deity of Christ in the gospel of Mark to answer a claim by muslims that only the gospel of John talks about the deity of Christ.  They discuss Mark 1 and Malachi 3:1 talk about Christ is the coming God.  Also Mark 12 about the parable of the vineyard in which Christ talks about himself as the one beloved son; the heir.  They point out that one of the 99 names of God in Islam is the heir(Al Wareth) . Tune in to hear more.

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Al Fadi discusses a facebook post: "Why is Jesus Greater Than Muhammad?" one reason is that Jesus' birth influenced history, since the calendar is based on His birth not Muhammad's. He also talks about why Islam is not a religion of peace.  Is there anywhere in the Quran that says that? tune in to learn more.

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Al Fadi continues his discussion about the pillars of Islam from last week to prove that Islam contradicts itself.  He focuses on the fifth pillar of Islam today,The pilgrimage.  This pillar is required to be practiced only once, and if a person can not perform it himself he can send a substitute.  This is a fake substitute for what Jesus did  for us on the cross.  Al Fadi also discusses one Facebook post ; Show us one verse in the Quran that commands muslims to recite the Shahada; the muslim creed.  Listen to understand and be able to reason with muslims.

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Al Fadi shares about the new u- tube video series that is designed to answer the many claims that muslim raise against christianity.  1. Muslims claim that christians worship three Gods and that the word trinity does not exist in the Bible. He explains what the trinity means and counter attack by saying that the word tawheed does not exist in the quran and that it doesn't mean oness .  He also discusses the five pillars of Islam and what their real meaning and purpose behind each one.

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Al Fadi explains what goes on in the mind of a radical muslim.  He explains how Islam became a war (Jihad) driven religion.  He also states how Islam is a religion of works and that there is no assurance of salvation unless a person dies for the cause by killing none muslims or weak/ non religious muslims.  The radicals are on a mission to wage war with the world until everybody become a muslim.  He states that the only solution for radicals is the gospel like it was the case with himself.

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Al Fadi  contrast the two different views of the meaning of the word radical muslim/Islam.  He points out that the true meaning of radical Muslim is a true follower of Islam and its teachings as revealed in the Quran and especially in the last revealed chapter (chapter 9).  The western and politically correct view is a lie that secular people want to believe that Islam is a peaceful religion and radical muslims can be rehabilitated to stop believing what they believe. He concludes by saying only the Holy Spirit and the gospel of Christ is the only way to transform radical/Jihadist/orthodox muslims and renew their minds. 

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Al Fadi shares the different achievements of CIRA ministries in 2019, from teaching, training, conferences, videos, followup ministries ,online training.  He also shares some of what he hopes to do this year through CIRA.  He asks for prayer for the coming year against attacks, and for financial and prayer support. 

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CIRA ministries has two main aspects: Teaching and media. A. Teaching: Pray for a new teaching tool called Zoom Webinar to be launched monthly or bimonthly focusing on specific topics.B. Media: 1. Satellite program between CIRA and another partner mainly in Arabic.  2. U- Tube channel videos in English, and hoping to start launching Arabic videos too.  3. Radio broadcast,Let Us Reason. 

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Al Fadi reflects on his journey of coming to Christ after being against the church like the Apostle Paul.  He reflects on Cira ministry since 2010 sharing with more than six thousands in person  not counting other social media outlets and his teaching on the grace of God.  

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Al Fadi explains the meaning and significance of Christmas and how it affected his coming to Christ . He also explains what the Quran teaches about Christ's birth and Character.

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Al Fadi talks about the latest development on the last three years of the Cira international u-tube channel. He also brings to attention the new fake u-tube that uses the same name and logo.  He asks for prayer on how to deal with the problem, and that God will be glorified through that.  He also talks about starting an Arabic u-tube channel to reach out to muslims in Saudi Arabia.  

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Al Fadi continues his discussion  the current events of the death of ISIS leader and the role of Iran in the middle east.  Russia,the US,and Israel role. Is the region heading towards the  end times? The good news is that the gospel is flourishing there, and we need to focus our attention to sharing the good news.

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Al Fadi talks about the death of Abu Baker Al Baghdadi who was the head of the islamic state.  Why he called himself that and what is the meaning behind it.  Does his death mean that ISIS is defeated and why? what is ISIS ideology and will it survive? Why does ISIS fighters wear black and carry a black flag? All these questions are answered in this episode.

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Al Fadi continues his teaching on the Islamic end times. In this show he talks about the appearance of "The Guided One;Al Mahdi as a major sign of the end times. There is no mention of him in the Quran,only in the Hadieth. He is going to be a descendant of Fatima; Mohammad's daughter.  He will kill the false prophet:Al Dajaal. As you listen to more details on the show you will notice the similarities between this and some of the facts from the book of Revelation. Also the important relation between this and ISIS and why they raise a black flag.

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Al Fadi continues his teaching on the Islamic end times. In this show he talks about the appearance of "The Guided One;Al Mahdi as a major sign of the end times. There is no mention of him in the Quran,only in the Hadieth. He is going to be a descendant of Fatima; Mohammad's daughter.  He will kill the false prophet:Al Dajaal. As you listen to more details on the show you will notice the similarities between this and some of the facts from the book of Revelation. Also the important relation between this and ISIS and why they raise a black flag.

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Al Fadi names some of the major signs of the Islamic end times.  He also points out that a lot of these signs are borrowed from the book of Revelation in the Bible.  some of these signs are the rise of a false messiah, a huge black smoke appear, a fire rising from Yemen,etc.  He goes on to also explains that some of these signs are borrowed from Jesus's teachings from the gospel of Matthew chapter 24.

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The minor list of signs of Islamic end times is long and keeps growing. There is no specific source for it .  Some of these signs are: The Jews will be fighting muslims,Nomadic people will get rich, liars will be believed,death of righteous people, women work with their husbands,the Arabian Peninsula will be a land of rivers,lightning and thunder will increase.These and many others signs the muslims claim are signs of the end times.  Listen to hear more details.

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Al Fadi is giving a general overview of Islamic end time theology. What does Islam teaches about judgment/ resurrection day? What are the minor and the major signs for the end times? Does Islam teaches about Jesus coming back? Who else comes ? Where does Islam borrow most of that information?listen to learn in more details.

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Al Fadi continues to explain the history behind the Sunni and Shia sects and how ISIS was formed.  He also explains how that affected the Iran aggression in the middle east.  

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Why is Iran hung up in causing war in the Middle East? What is Iran gaining of this? What are the two major religious sects of Islam? Is Iran a Sunni or a Shia nation? What countries are Sunni or Shia? Is the clash between these sects political or theological?Who is the twelfth Immam and who they say is going to accompany him? These are some of the questions that Al Fadi answers in general in this episode.

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This episode starts the sixth season(year) of "Let Us Reason" radio show.  Al reflects on the last five years and thanks God and everybody that was part of that.  He shares some of the highlights of Cira ministry in general especially the U-Tube video production with different topics and speakers. 

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Al reflects on September11th,how and why it was a turning point for the US , the world and himself.  Al was attending church as a seeker when that happened and he heard a message on love your enemies.  He explains how the Quran teaches the ideology of jihad,and explains what it is.  He compares the Apostle Paul in his zeal to the jihadist who are following an ideology without the knowledge of the true God (Romans10:1). 

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Al Fadi continues with more evidence from the Quran and commentators on the Quran that shows that the apostle Paul was mentioned in the Quran as a messenger of God and Jesus . This is to say that the early islamic sources never attacked Paul as some muslims now accuse him as a liar and invented christianity.  

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Using (Quran 36:14), Al Fad talks about six muslim commentators and who they say Paul was.  In this verse of the Quran,most of these commentators say that Allah or Jesus sent these three messengers: Simon, John and Paul to Antioch. He is doing this because of all the false claims muslims say about Paul.  He also reads some Facebook live comments and answers them.

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Al Fadi interviews Anthony Rogers who tells his testimony about how he came to faith in Christ.  They also talk about how the old testament talks about the trinity and the divinity of Christ.  He also answers the unitarians on John 17:3. 

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Al Fadi discusses more edits,corrections and modifications on one manuscript called the Doha;Qatar manuscript. First he gives four examples using Q 6:91-97. Second he talks about post production insertions using Q 5: 93; where an entire phrase was written on top of another.  You can listen for more details on the subject and also watch the 9 episode series on Cirainternational u-tube channel.  All this shows that the perfect preservation of the Quran as muslims claim is questionable.

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Al Fadi discusses two examples on the early Quranic manuscript corrections based on the book by Dr. Daniel Alan Brubaker; Corrections in Early Quranic Manuscripts.  Today he talks about erasures and insertions.  1. Quran 42: 21, a word (a pronoun) was changed from singular to plural. 2. Quran 30:9 ; a word was erased and nothing was written in its place.  Al asks three questions: First: Why was the correction necessary? Second: What was the intentions behind it? Third: Who authorised this correction? All this causes a lot of damage to the picture muslims paint of the Quran's preservation.

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Al continues to talk about the corrections that have been made to the early Quranic manuscript based on a book by a scholar Dr Daniel Drubaker.  If we use the same argument that muslim used to conclude that the Bible is been corrupted we can conclude that the Quran is been corrupted.  So the tables have been turned and the muslim claim that the Quran has been preserved is no longer apply.

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Muslims believe that Mohammad was given a universal message, yet there is no verse in the Quran to prove it.  On the contrary , the Quran says that he was sent to the Arabs; his own people.  The Hadith says that Mohammad was a universal prophet and this was invented in a later time.  Listen as Al Fadi explains it. 

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Al Fadi talks about a new series on CIRA International u-tube channel with Jay Smith discussing the corrections in early Quranic manuscripts .  The discussion is also based on a book by Daniel Allen Brubaker; Corrections in early Quranic manuscripts. Al discusses a couple of these corrections and peoples reactions to them especially muslims. 

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Al Fadi continues his answering the muslims who claim that Jesus prayed like muslims do by falling on his face to the ground  in Matthew 26: 39.  Jesus was not praying a muslim prayer because for one reason he was praying to the father,who muslims deny that God is a father. Listen to hear more answers on this topic.

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Al Fadi answers a Facebook post ; a 24 hour challenge on prayer.  Muslims use Matthew 26: 39 to claim Jesus fell down on his face and prayed like Muslims do. Al Fadi argued that: 1. Jesus lived before Islam. 2. Jesus prayed to the Father which no Muslim agree that God is a father. 3. Jesus prayed in a variety of ways,and he also taught his disciples to pray saying our father.  That claim is taken out of context as Al explains.

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A user friendly, on the cutting edge updated website of cirainternational.com. Creating a membership access to all new video releases.  A series about early Quranic manuscripts with Al and Jay Smith.  Revisiting" the unknown history of islam".  A series with Sam Shamoun and David wood called scripture twisting . A new series called Quranic Dilemma.  A new series called the great idolatry. A series on Paul . All this and one more about the use of the title Son of man, are the latest updates on CIRA ministries.

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Some of the updates Al Fadi talks about are: 1.The new video series called scripture twisting 101were every video talks about one verse that muslim take out of context.  2. Redoing the entire website of CIRA ministries. 3. Facebook live.  Some Facebook posts That Al discusses are: 1. June 3,There is no eye witness account to collaborate the Islamic revelations and historical events! 2.The Islamic Original sin dilemma.

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Al Fadi discusses several FB posts called Jesus Vs. Mohammad: 1. On 5/22; Jesus's way = to heaven (Jn.14:6), Mo's way = "I don't know= straight to hell(Q46:9).  2. On 5/21,The Honor of Christ: The Quran details that the birth of announcement of Christ was by Allah Himself! Yet no birth announcement or narrative about Mo!  3. On 5/19, The supremacy of Christ; He is the creator even according to the Quran(3:49).  4. On 5/18, Why is Jesus superior? He spread the gospel by the cross and the twelve... Mo. spread his religion by the sword and an army!

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Al Fadi shares about his recent visit to Belgium to preach to muslim background believers and other muslims.  He shares some of the reasons why muslims come to Christ; 1. Watching the Jesus movie and being touched by a statement that Jesus said . 2. The fact that there in no marriage in heaven. 3. Jesus predicting persecution of his followers. 4. The lifestyle of bible believing christians.5. Visions and dreams.

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What does islam say about fasting? What are the things muslim fast/abstain from? Does the month of Ramadan fall and end on the same days all over the world? Why do muslims fast? Why is Ramadan a significant month to muslims? How do muslims tell when to start and end the fast everyday? Did the pagan Arab fast during the month of Ramadan? Was there a specific command in the Bible to fast for a month? These questions are answered in this episode.

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Al Fadi says that according to the scriptures Mohammad is a false prophet.  He explains from the letter of first John why he believes that is true.  What are the signs of the anti Christ? Was Mohammad certain of his message,and what were his douts? 

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Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun talk about the way Facebook is treating them and other christian ministers as the share the truth about Islam and Mohammad.  They explain the reason why muslims lie and kill if anyone dare to say anything verbal about their religion or their prophet because in their mind that is declaring war on Islam.

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Al Fadi tells of the different ways to access the ministry videos and other resources through; the website( cirainternational.com ), iTunes, sound cloud, Omny studio, and email ([email protected]).   Also a number of new video releases on the web site and YouTube including: 1. Series on the changes that the Quran went through, 2. Series on no scientific miracles in the Quran, 3. Series on the historical origin of Islam.  3. Facebook Live, and more.

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Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun compare the presence of God in the Tabernacle in the Old Testament with Christ's incarnation and dwelling among us when he came to earth in human body(John 1). They also point out when Jews pray towards the temple they are acknowledging God's presence in it, not so the case when muslims face the Kaabah they do not say that God's presence is in it.  

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Al Fadi talks about one social media platform, Facebook, blocking , how is that happening, and its effect on the ministry.  He asks for prayer and support to face this attack and to be more effective in speaking the truth.  Despite all the opposition God is still at work in the lives of people who are being reached by FB posts.  

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Why do muslims face al kaabah when they pray? Are muslims prayers effective if they were not facing the kaabah? Is facing the kaabah a command or a choice? What is the role of the black stone in Islam? listen as Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun answer these questions and more.

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Why do muslims run around the Kaaba seven times at least once in their lifetime? Do muslims worship Muhammad?  Is there forgiveness of sins apart from Muhammad?(Q 4: 64,65).Why did Muhammad kiss and touch the black stone and the Kaaba? These questions and more are answered in this episode by Al fadi and Sam Shamoun.

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Al Fadi talks about two series of videos that he has done alone or with others on YouTube channel youtube.com/cirainternational 1.The doctrine of the original sin in Islam. Al calls it The Islamic original sin dilemma.  Muslims do not believe in the original sin so Al Fadi shows from Islamic sources that Islamic sources talks about the original sin.  2. A series with Dr. Jay Smith: a. The unknown history of Islam.  b. The Quran many problems. Listen to hear more details about the subject.

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Al Fadi  discusses the subject of intercession in Islam. He points to his Facebook post on March 3rd. He gives examples from both the Quran and the Hadith that contradicts each other on the subject; some say that Mohammad will be an intercessor for muslims and others says that he can't.  Listen as Al Fadi explains the subject. 

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What is the Kaaba? Why do muslims face it when they pray? Who built it and why? What do muslims do when they go on a pilgrimage (Hajj) to Mecca? Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun are starting a new series on this. Listen as they answer the above questions and give more details about it.

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Al Fadi highlights one Quranic passage(Q 48: 8-9) to show that the word tawheed in the Quran does not mean oness but unification. He goes on to discuss several English translations beside the Arabic to show that honor and reverence are ascribed to Muhammad as to Allah making Mohammad a partner with Allah(See Facebook post on Feb.23).

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Al Fadi explains in this episode that Muhammad is the supreme deity in Islam and without him their is no salvation.  He explains the post on Feb. 14 of his Facebook page Alfadi.cira, which he calls " Devastating Dilemma". Using Q 9:103, he explains that if Muhammad purify and sanctify muslims; then he is "god" or that verse no longer applies because Muhammad is dead. 

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In this episode Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun discuss passages from the Quran and other quranic sources that is telling muslims to pray to Mohammad for the forgiveness of their sins.  By doing that Muhammad made himself the muslims saviour and make them believe that they do not need Jesus as a saviour.  Not to mention that by that claim he is making himself equal to God who forgives sin.

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Sam and Al Fadi continue to discuss the dilemma of who God is praying to in Islam; when muslims pray five times a day saying;"Sala Allah Alayhi wa sallam". Is God praying to Mohammad or to himself? If Allah is invoking Mohammad; does that mean that Allah is equal to Mohammad? That is a massive dilemma.

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To worship; Dua'a; supplication are the same thing.  Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun continue to discuss what it means that God worships.  It could mean that he is praying to himself, praying to other Gods, or He is more than one person. Listen to this episode to learn more.

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In the Quran 33:43,56, Why does Allah,his angel and muslims pray, and to whom? Al Fadi and Sam Shamoun explain.

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Sam Shamoun with Al Fadi answer the muslim objection: if Jesus is God why the is he praying to the Father? 1. The three eternal persons of the one triune God has fellowship with one another, and prayer is a form of fellowship (John 17: 5,24).  2. Jesus became flesh(man), he became the perfect man who loved, obeyed, and worshiped God( John 1:14, 6:38).  3. Psalm 102: 25-27, Hebrews 1: 8-12) shows that the Father also glorify and praises the son. 

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Muslims believe that the Quran we have today is an exact replica of the Quran in the time of Muhammad (7th century),and it is  completely preserved in heaven.  Al Fadi says that we do not have a complete 7th century Quran that matches today's 1924 edition of the Quran.  He adds that today's Quran was standardized in 1924 (Cairo edition), and It was based on oral transmission and not on any manuscripts.

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The Quran(4:71) appears to attack the false trinity (God,Jesus,and Mary).  It also affirms that Jesus is God's word and a Sprit of God, which makes him equal to God and divine.  Listen to Al Fadi as he gives explanation from both the Quran and the Bible to prove that.

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The Quran says that Christian believe that Allah(God) is one third of three members(Q 5: 73-75); Who are these three according to the Quran? What do Bible believing Christians and the Bible say what the trinity is? Do Christians believe in more than one God? Does the Quran make a sound argument when it accuses the Christian of worshiping three Gods? listen as Al Fadi explains.

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Muslims attack the doctrine of the trinity saying that christians worship three gods.  They also say that the term trinity is never mentioned in the bible.  Al Fadi explains that the muslim doctrine of tawheed does not mean one,but means to unify into one.  Also the word tawheed is not mentioned in the Quran.  Listen to the episode to learn more. 

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 Al Fadi shares a summary of the different ministries that was done in the past year and shares a glimpse of what is going to happen in the year to come.

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Al Fadi explains the meaning of Christmas; that it is the birth of Christ who came to the world as a baby.  God in the flesh. He fullfilled old testament prophecies and died on the cross to save us from our sin.  He took our punishment to satisfy God's justice.  And if we believe in him we are saved and have eternal life. But if we don't believe we are under God's judgment and wrath(John 3:16-18). 

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Al Fadi discusses two facebook posts that deals with the doctrine of Tawheed in Islam:  1. If Allah is one, why is it then that Muhammad is made equal to him? ie. Q 3:31& 48:10.    2. If Allah is one and worthy of worship,why then did he ask the angels to prostrate to Adam?Q15:29. Allah =Adam   3. He also talks about a public challenge on Dec 10, saying: If Muhammad is not a god, then prove to us that muslims can be saved without mentioning the name of Muhammad next to Allah in the shahada?

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Al Fadi talks about two FB posts; 1. Dec.5.  he calls it "Massive Dilemma" ; Q33:56, says that "Allah and the angels pray upon Muhammad..". How can a creator pray upon a creature? 2. Dec.2.  A claim that the Quran is infalable, perfect and complete book. If muslims are honest to themselves they can't claim that the Quran has never changed through the years. Al gives the reasoning behind that.

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Al Fadi talks about three facebook posts: 1. Jesus is God according to the Quran. In John 5:21-29, Jesus says that he has the power to raise the dead, give eternal life, and judge the world. Since the Quran agrees that Jesus raised people from the dead and he is going to be the judge, therfore the Quran agrees that Jesus is God. 2. The Quran says that God spoke to some messengers directly(Moses); If Muhammad was the final prophet,  why didn't God speak to him directly? 3. If Muhammad is a prophet like Moses why didn't he preach salvation by blood attonment?

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What is the earliest Quranic manuscripts called,and what century is it dated to? What is the modern day standard Quran called? Is the Quran we have today an exact replica of the one found during Muhammad's time? Is the muslim claim that the Quran they have has a replica in heaven true ? Who collected the Quran, and how? Al Fadi answers these questions and more in this episode of Let Us Reason.

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Al Fadi talks about what Jesus' came to do with the law(Matthew 5:17)? What did Jesus' fulfillment of the law accomplish? What does the Greek word for abolish mean?  Since Jesus fulfilled the law and we are no longer under the law, Does that mean we have a license to sin?

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Al Fadi responds to the claim by a muslim that in Mark 9:49,Jesus said that" all christians will go to hell". Al explains what Jesus really said and why. He points out that there was no mention of the word christian in the verse. Does the Quran say that muslims will go to hell?  He explains the reason for blocking. Al also discusses the original sin and what  muslims and the Quran say it is. 

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Al Fadi discusses a facebook post called,Serious Dilemma, on Oct. 17, about Q96: 1.  He says:Muhammad claimed that verse to be the first revelation he had ever received from Allah through Gabriel when he was in the cave. He goes on to explain that Q96:1 never says that Muhammad is the intended person, nor the Quran is what is revealed, not that Allah is the one who revealed it, nor that Gabriel was the one who delivered this revelation.  He challenges muslims to resolve this serious dilemma.

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Al Fadi talks about the challenge that a muslim posted  on October 11 that the doctrine of the trinity is unbiblical.  Al Fadi explains that though the word trinity is not found in the Bible,but the concept is found all over the old and the new testaments.  He counter the challenge by another post on October 14 that  says :"prove to us that the word "Ahad" means one from the  Quran".  You can go to Cirainternational u tube for more details.

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1. Does Q 42: 51 support that Allah communicated with Muhammad by an angel? Does that verse name the angel as Gabriel?  2. A challenge on Det.6:4,The Lord is one. "Please prove to us that in the Quran the word"Ahad" means "one"?  3.  Massive Dilemma: Did Muhammad know and preach his god in Q 21: 108? Al says that loving muslims is challenging their theology.

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How are women treated in Islam? What does the Quran say about women? Is there any mention by name of any women in the Quran? What is marriage like in Islam? For what reason can a husband divorces his wife? Al Fadi answers these questions in tody's episode.

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