The Great Debate: Is the God of Islam a true or false God? ( Q & A Session - 4 of 4 )

2011-12-13 281

Do some of the major beliefs and rituals of Islam come from pre - Islamic pagan, Jewish & Christian sources? Is Allah really a "moon god"? This Debate is a refutation of Dr. Robert Morey's book, "The Moon God Allah in the Archaeology of the Middle East.", in which he attempt to point out that Allah is the Moon God of Ancient Arab. Alhamdulillah,Brother Shabir ally gave logical and convincing replies. Brother Shabir Ally has also written a booklet titled "Reply To Dr. Robert Morey's Moon-God Myth & Other Deceptive Attacks On Islam" in response to Morey's book. http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Sources/Allah/moongods.html Dr. Jamal Badawi had also a debate with Dr. Roberty Morey on the same topic. Representing the Muslim perspective was Shabir Ally: Shabir Ally has earned a B.A. in Religious Studies from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, with a specialization in Biblical Literature, and an M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Toronto with a specialization in Quranic Exegesis. He is now in his fourth year of Ph.D studies in Quranic Exegesis at the University of Toronto. He is the president of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre International in Toronto where he functions as Imam. He travels internationally to represent Islam in public lectures and interfaith dialogues. He explains Islam on a weekly television program called "Let the Quran Speak. Representing the Christian side was Dr. Robert Morey; Dr. Morey is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of theology and apologetics. He is the author of forty-five books, some of which have been translated into Spanish, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Finnish, Chinese, Norwegian, Swedish and Polish. He is the Executive Director of the Research and Education Foundation, an organization dedicated to researching issues which affect not only the future of the Christian Church, but also Western thought and culture. The Topic of Debate: Is the God of Islam a true or false God? Shabir Ally (www.Shabirally.com) vs. Dr. Robert Morey ( www.faithdefenders.com )