Christian Muslim Dialogue Pt.1

Yasir Qadhi

Muslim Central

Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Islam

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2017

⏱️ 116 minutes

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Summary

Shaykh Yasir Qadhi discuss the differences between Islam and Christianity regarding theology and beliefs and the things that makes us wonderful as religions of Islam and Christianity. Also, how our communities will get along amicably is also the foundation of this discussion. Firstly, the misconceptions regarding Interfaith families is addressed suitably. There are many other things beside theology that form the crux of one’s faith. The key is fruitful dialogue with passionate disagreement that can resolve long standing issues.We can remove the fear, distrust, hatred and suspicion in our hearts to begin building bridges between the two religions. The speaker addresses a big issue amongst Christians - the biggest knowlege of Islam comes from channels for the Christians and it is important to understand what Islam is and what is its foundation. Shaykh Yasir makes us understand that it is important to bond with a Muslim and visit mosques to fully fathom the true basis of Islam. The originality of the Qur'an and the scriptures of the Christians are the next topic on which light is shed. The element of human nature is completely absent in the Qur'an as it is the Words of Allah to us. But that is not the case of the scriptures of Christians. Only the sayings of the Prophet ﷺ has been preserved in various books called Hadiths. Also, Islamic history has also been recorded by humans. But the Qur'an is only the Words of Allah sent down via Angel Jibreel AS to Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to be communicated to mankind.

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0:00.0	This audio is brought to you by Muslim Central.com. I have been looking forward to this evening for a very, very long time.
0:17.0	It has been my desire to engage in a dialogue like this and when the opportunity came that I'd be coming into this area
0:25.1	I contacted Dr. Kotti and I put out the call and the church here was so kind to respond and to join with us in providing a place for us to have our conversation this evening.
0:38.0	I want you to understand what our motivations are this evening in coming together.
0:43.4	This is not a debate.
0:45.3	Some of you have seen debates that I have done around the world.
0:49.4	This is not intended to be a debate.
0:52.2	We are going to, of necessity, discuss differences that we have.
0:57.0	The thing that makes this wonderful and the reason that I sought out Dr. Kotti, aside from the fact that I have learned so much from him
1:05.6	over the years that he's been a primary influence in my study of Islam.
1:10.3	I am a student of Islam and I have learned much from him.
1:14.0	But the reason I specifically sought him out
1:16.0	is because I sense in him such a kindred spirit on the other side
1:20.0	of the chasm that divides us in regards to our theology and our beliefs.
1:25.0	He is a consistent Muslim, he believes what he says, he wants to seek for
1:31.0	consistency amongst his people in his own practice.
1:34.3	And so when you have two believing people, one Christian, one Muslim, come together and
1:40.9	say, we need to discuss not only what divides us, but also where do we have similarities.
1:47.0	How can we live in the same community?
1:50.0	And the most important thing is this.
1:52.0	If we do what I hope happens this evening, we're going
1:56.8	to do something absolutely unique.
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