The Great Debate -- Is Islam a Religion of Peace?

November 3, 2007

"And you shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:32

For the last four years Arabic Christian Perspective has been challenging Muslim leaders to debate if Islam is a religion of peace, but has not received any positive responses. Until this year... The "Peaceful" Islam is on trial. Come and hear the verdict. Saturday November 3rd, 2007 Hope International University, Pacific Auditorium 2500 E. Nutwood Ave. Fullerton, CA Students are Free! General Public $8.00 Registration- 1:30pm         Debate- 2:00pm

Nadir Ahmed- Debater Nadir Ahmed is a Muslim with good references from the Islamic Center of Peoria, IL. He has had two live in person debates with evangelical professors. He regularly engages online discussions as well. He has debated such topics as, "The Reliability of the Bible", "The Reliability of the Qur'an", "Islam and Terrorism", and "Life Within the Limits of Biblical Morality." Thank you Nadir for standing up to our challenge and defending Islam when thousands of Islamic leaders would not.

Sam Shamoun- Debater Sam Shamoun is a scholar-writer featured on the website www.answering-islam.org. You can see a list of the many topics he has diligently researched and written on by clicking here- http://www.answering-islam.org/Shamoun/index.htm. There are very few Christian websites responding to Islam while there are hundreds of Muslim websites responding to Christianity. Sam Shamoun is to be commended for his diligent work in studying Islam.

See What It's All About  Arabic Christian Perspective desires to expose Islam because there are many Americans converting to Islam every year. Many converts are uninformed about the violent teachings in Islam. We do not want to offend or injure Muslims in any way. Our main goal is to reach them with the gospel of Jesus Christ; if they chose to accept, they will have peace with God. View the link below to learn more about what we do and the upcoming debate (November 3rd, 2007): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlV9gFFTbys *Note, the broadcast by CBN says the debate is on October 20th, 2007; the correct date is November 3rd, 2007.

*Moderation will be provided by Bob Siegel. Check out his radio show at: http://www.bobsiegel.net/index.html?menu.html&0.

  Brief Debate Schedule

1- Nadir: 25-minute Opening Speech                 2- Sam: 25-minute Opening Speech

3- Nadir: 10-minute Preceding Speech               4- Sam: 10-minute Preceding Speech

5- Nadir: 10-minute Preceding Speech               6- Sam: 10-minute Preceding Speech

7- Nadir: 5-minute Concluding Speech               8- Sam: 5-minute Concluding Speech

                               Nadir and Sam: 20 minutes Q&A Session

Regulations

1. Absolutely NO personal attacks. Either side must only criticize the other’s point of view, not the personal character or style of the other. Such tactics are not only in poor taste, they are also logical fallacies (Ad Hominem).

2. Each side MUST abide by the debate schedule and rules as delineated above. This debate needs to maintain order. There will be a moderator present to keep the time limits and debate rules. You will be notified 5 minutes and/or 1 minute before the end of each speech. You will NOT have any extra time.

3. The topic of the debate is, “Is Islam a Religion of Peace?” No one is allowed to diverge from this topic. Each side is responsible to answer the question and why he believes his answer. You may offer counter arguments to your opposition and answer their criticisms, but you may NOT argue against other issues within either camp’s worldview For example, we do not want to talk about whether or not Jesus is God.

4.   Both sides need to be 1 hour earlier to the auditorium before the debate. If filming is going to take place, then those filming must also be 1 hour early.

5. There will be a moderator present at the debate. The moderator’s main task is to keep each side following the regulations and time constraints. If either party delineates from the rules or schedule listed above, the moderator will stop him and warn him in front of the audience.  The time it takes to get the violating party to be warned will count against his total speech time. If the party persists in violating the regulations, he may be disqualified from the debate.

Visit www.ministrytomuslims.com or call 866.533.6659 to learn more.

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