The Islam Debate Josh McDowell and John Gilchrist vs. Ahmed Deedat

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . 9

Why The Debate . . . . . . . . . . 9

Why This Book . . . . . . . . . . 11

CHAPTER ONE: Historical Background of Islam . . . . . . . . . . 13

History . . . . . . . . . . 14

Muhammad . . . . . . . . . . 14

The Call . . . . . . . . . . 15

The Hijrah . . . . . . . . . . 17

After Muhammad's Death . . . . . . . . . . 18

Islamic Teachings . . . . . . . . . . 19

Faith and Duty . . . . . . . . . . 19

Qur'an . . . . . . . . . . 19

Six Articles of Faith . . . . . . . . . . 25

Five Pillars of Faith . . . . . . . . . . 26

Cultural Expression . . . . . . . . . . 28

Language and the Arts . . . . . . . . . . 29

The Family . . . . . . . . . . 29

Contemporary Influence . . . . . . . . . . 30

CHAPTER TWO: Teachings of Islam . . . . . . . . . . 33

A Comparative Study of the Textual History of the Qur'an and the Bible . . . . . . . . . . 33

Considering the Bible . . . . . . . . . . 33

Variant Readings in the Qur'an and the Bible . . . . . . . . . . 35

The "Multiple" Bible Versions . . . . . . . . . . 35

The Apocrypha . . . . . . . . . . 40

The "Grave Defects" . . . . . . . . . . 41

Fifty Thousand Errors? . . . . . . . . . . 42

"Allah" in the Bible? . . . . . . . . . . 45

Alleged Contradictions in the Bible . . . . . . . . . . 46

Parallel Passages in the Qur'an and the Bible . . . . . . . . . . 46

Considering the Qur'an . . . . . . . . . . 50

Evidence for the Reliability of the New Testament. . . . . . . . . . 53

A True Picture . . . . . . . . . . 74

Is Muhammad Foretold in the Bible . . . . . . . . . . 75

Old Testament References . . . . . . . . . . 76

New Testament References . . . . . . . . . . 83

The Gospel of Barnabas . . . . . . . . . . 90

Who Was Barnabas . . . . . . . . . . 91

Historical Background . . . . . . . . . . 91

Examination of the Gospel . . . . . . . . . . 94

Was Barnabas Really Its Author? . . . . . . . . . . 94

Evidence of Its Medieval Origin . . . . . . . . . . 99

Who Actually Composed This Forgery? . . . . . . . . . . 102

The Crucifixion and the Resurrection in the Qur'an and the Bible . . . . . . . . . . 103

The Crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the Bible . . . . . . . . . . 103

The Denial of the Crucifixion in the Qur'an . . . . . . . . . . 105

The Muslim Theory of Substitution . . . . . . . . . . 106

"Hazrat Isa Is Dead!" — A Modern Alternative . . . . . . . . . . 108

The Islamic Swoon and Its Ahmadiya Origin . . . . . . . . . . 111

Ahmed Deedat's "Was Christ Crucified? . . . . . . . . . . 115

What Was the Sign of Jonah? . . . . . . . . . . 125

Muslim Confusion About the Crucifixion . . . . . . . . . . 127

Evidence in the Bible for the Crucifixion and Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . 128

The Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . 131

Islamic Sects/Divisions . . . . . . . . . . 132

Shi'ites . . . . . . . . . . 133

Sunnis . . . . . . . . . . 134

Sufis . . . . . . . . . . 137

Ahmadiya . . . . . . . . . . 138

Kharijites, Mu'tazilites, Wahhabis . . . . . . . . . . 139

CHAPTER THREE: Transcript of the Debate . . . . . . . . . . 143

Opening Arguments . . . . . . . . . . 143

Ahmed Deedat . . . . . . . . . . 143

Josh McDowell . . . . . . . . . . 157

Rebuttals . . . . . . . . . . 172

Ahmed Deedat . . . . . . . . . . 172

Josh McDowell . . . . . . . . . . 174

Closing Statements . . . . . . . . . . 177

Ahmed Deedat . . . . . . . . . . 177

Josh McDowell . . . . . . . . . . 178

CONCLUSION: Islam and Christianity . . . . . . . . . . 181

God . . . . . . . . . . 181

The Bible . . . . . . . . . . 182

Jesus Christ . . . . . . . . . . 184

BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . 187

GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . 197