What No One Ever Told You About the Hamas-Israel Conflict with Apostate Prophet
I Don't Have Enough FAITH to Be an ATHEIST
Dr. Frank Turek
4.9 • 5.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
What can Christians learn from a former Muslim who now follows Christ? And how can Christians speak truthfully and lovingly with Muslims about Jesus? This week, Frank welcomes back Ridvan Aydemir, also known as the Apostate Prophet, to share more about his journey from Islam to atheism and ultimately to faith in Christ. Together, they tackle the Israel–Hamas conflict, the ideology behind Hamas, and why understanding Islamic theology is essential for effective evangelism. In this episode, Frank and AP will tackle questions like:
- What ultimately led AP out of Islam, through atheism, and into Christianity?
- How can Christians lovingly and wisely point Muslims to Christ?
- What core memory of Christianity does AP still hold from his childhood?
- What is AP's new angle on the Islamic Dilemma and why is it such a powerful apologetics tool?
- What's the true purpose and worldview of Islam, including its moral framework?
- What are some of the key differences between Islam and Christianity?
- What does the Hamas Charter reveal about Islam’s view of Israel?
- What was Ridvan taught about Christianity and the Jewish people as a young Muslim?
- Where did Hamas come from and how did it rise to power in Gaza?
- Why are so many leftist groups in the West sympathetic to Hamas?
If you’re trying to make sense of the chaos in Gaza—or want to have clearer, more compassionate conversations with Muslims about faith—you won’t want to miss this episode. Tune in as Frank and AP cut through misinformation, expose ideological contradictions, and point listeners toward truth, clarity, and Christ-centered evangelism.
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Resources mentioned during the episode:
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Why I Left Islam and Became a Christian (Part 1) - https://youtu.be/eQNX6AuzEDo Why I Left Islam and Became a Christian (Part 2) - https://youtu.be/bv4SC3KDxwE The Hamas Charter 1988 - https://avalon.law.yale.edu/21st_century/hamas.asp
CE International Website - https://international.crossexamined.org/
CE Arabic Website - https://ar.crossexamined.org/
AP's Website - https://apostateprophet.com/
AP's YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@ApostateProphet
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, how does a Muslim growing up in Turkey become an atheist after being a Muslim, |
| 0:10.5 | and then become a Christian, and then call himself the apostate prophet? |
| 0:15.4 | Well, you know, we've had Rid Von Ademir on the show before. |
| 0:18.7 | We're having them on again because we didn't finish our conversation. |
| 0:23.0 | It was a fascinating conversation we had about a month or two ago. So here he is, all the way from |
| 0:28.5 | some underground bunker somewhere in the United States. Ridvan Ademir also known as the |
| 0:35.5 | apostate prophet, ladies and gentlemen. |
| 0:38.4 | All right, enough, enough. |
| 0:39.5 | Your crowd is obnoxious. |
| 0:41.4 | Apostate profit on YouTube, Ridvon, I know that there are people that haven't listened to the first two shows. |
| 0:48.5 | We're going to put the shows in the show notes, so they need to go back and listen to it because we're not going to rehash everything. |
| 0:54.3 | But give our audience just kind of a reminder as to how you became a Christian after being an atheist |
| 1:03.4 | after being a Muslim. |
| 1:06.9 | That's a lot to them. |
| 1:08.5 | I know, but you got to do it quickly here. |
| 1:29.2 | We got to do it quickly because if you don't do it quickly, you're going to hear this. You're fired. All right, so go. I will try. Well, first of, thank you so much, Frank, again. It's a great pleasure to be here, great honor to talk to you again. Always fantastic, always fascinating, and I really didn't expect the applause. So I thanked the crowd for that. You deserve it. So where should I start? I mean, yeah, we have talked about this |
| 1:37.4 | extensively. We made two shows about that, which once again, as you did refer everyone to those. |
| 1:42.9 | It was a couple of very, very interesting, very |
| 1:46.1 | pleasant conversations that I personally enjoyed a lot. So I was born in Germany into a Turkish |
| 1:53.8 | Muslim family, a Sunni Muslim family. My parents are still to this day very, very religious Sunni Muslims who take it all very seriously. |
| 2:02.6 | And their hope for me was also that I would be just like them a devout, observant, good Muslim. |
| 2:11.6 | And for a time I was, and they were very happy about that. |
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