From Islam to Catholicism w/ Ex-Muslim (Jacob Imam) | Ep. 230

Pints With Aquinas

Matt Fradd

Education, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Today I'm joined at the bar table by Jacob Imam — a doctoral student at Oxford University. Together we discuss his conversion from Islam to Catholicism. Jacob shares: How growing up in a split Muslim/Evangelical household led him to start asking some deep metaphysical questions at a very young age Why he went from being an Eastern Orthodox catechumen to choosing Catholicism How the story of the Prodigal Son led to his father's conversion just weeks before his death SPONSORS EL Investments: https://www.elinvestments.net/pints Exodus 90: https://exodus90.com/mattfradd/ Hallow: http://hallow.app/mattfradd STRIVE: https://www.strive21.com/ GIVING Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mattfradd This show (and all the plans we have in store) wouldn't be possible without you. I can't thank those of you who support me enough. Seriously! Thanks for essentially being a co-producer coproducer of the show. LINKS Website: https://pintswithaquinas.com/ Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/matt-fradd FREE 21 Day Detox From Porn Course: https://www.strive21.com/ SOCIAL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mattfradd Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattfradd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattfradd MY BOOKS Does God Exist: https://www.amazon.com/Does-God-Exist-Socratic-Dialogue-ebook/dp/B081ZGYJW3/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586377974&sr=8-9 Marian Consecration With Aquinas: https://www.amazon.com/Marian-Consecration-Aquinas-Growing-Closer-ebook/dp/B083XRQMTF/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=fradd&qid=1586379026&sr=8-4 The Porn Myth: https://www.ignatius.com/The-Porn-Myth-P1985.aspx CONTACT Book me to speak: https://www.mattfradd.com/speakerrequestform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Gidea, gooday, and welcome to Pints with Aquinas. My name is Matt Fred, and today I am joined around
0:04.8	the proverbial bar table by Jacob Imam to discuss his conversion from Islam to Catholicism.
0:11.2	We'll be talking about different things such as is Islam, perhaps the largest Christian heresy.
0:17.7	We'll be talking about violence within Islam. We'll talk about Muhammad, how he's viewed, how we should view him. I want to make it clear that I know people often say this and it doesn't really help, but I'm going to say it anyway, we really mean no offense to our Muslim friends who are watching this. We love you, we care about you. Just like you would think that Christianity is a perversion of the truth.
0:38.1	We also believe that. And I'm not offended if you think that about Christianity. And I hope
0:41.8	you won't be offended as we seek to explore that with with Jacob regarding Islam. But
0:47.1	it's very good to have you no matter who you are or where you're from. So welcome. If you
0:51.8	have not subscribed to this channel, do us a favor.
0:54.5	Click subscribe, click the bell button.
0:56.6	I'm not sure if Google is in the business of wanting to proclaim and spread the Christian message.
1:02.2	So you can help us out by clicking subscribe, click that thumbs up button and sharing this on Facebook or social media.
1:08.4	That really does help us.
1:09.9	So without any further ado, Jacob, it's
1:12.0	great to have you. Matt, thanks so much for having me on. Are you allowed to tell people where
1:16.7	you are right now? I am. Well, generally, I'm currently in one of J.R.R. Tolkien's former homes.
1:25.5	He has many around Oxford, so nobody will ever be able to guess which one,
1:30.1	but it's pretty special to be here nonetheless. That's amazing. Tell our viewers a little bit
1:35.4	about who you are and what you're up to these days. I'm currently a defil student. That's the
1:41.0	Oxoni and the Oxford term for a PhD. I've been here for since 2015,
1:47.7	first as a visiting student, getting some training in the classics before coming back to
1:55.6	do my master's in his studies before settling here, now working on a Catholic theology of money.
2:02.7	So this is what I'm doing. I'm married to a beautiful woman named Alice. We have one child named
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