Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity

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My friend Nabeel Qureshi was courageous enough to chase down the truth with intellectual integrity, no matter the personal cost," --Lee Strobel, bestselling author of The Case for Christ.

That unconditional love idea is lovely, like the perception that everything has been offset by Jesus' death.There are simply too many barriers for Muslim immigrants to understand Christians and the West by sheer circumstance. Qureshi chronicled the story of his personal conversion in his first book, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, which became a New York Times bestseller, [15] and was awarded the Christian Book Award for the categories of both "Best New Author" and "Best Non-Fiction" of 2015, the first time in award history.

Religion is cool precisely because it requires faith, it requires accepting that some things cannot be known, that rationalism is not all there is. Nabeel’s zeal for ministry and education was surpassed only by his passion for life and love for his family.

Raised by a devout Ahmadi family, Qureshi converted to Christianity from Ahmadiyya Islam as a university student following several years of debate with a Christian friend. You’ll also be able to utilize my library for looking up titles to see whether the book you’re thinking about reading next has any objectionable content or not. When he entered college he met a man named David Wood (a devoted Christian) and they became friends. Before our departure, Luke and I asked a Suleyman a few questions regarding the similarities between Islam and Christianity.

Growing up between Great Britain and America, Nabeel Qureshi never fit in with Western culture because of his Islamic heritage.Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus is a religious memoir about Nabeel Qureshi, an ex-Muslim second generation American. Mayor O'Reilly accepted the verdict, pointing to their court's decision that the arrest had been unfounded. Qureshi recounted that he had been happy with his faith and with his Muslim community and did not want to leave it, but he ultimately converted to Christianity after years of dialogue with Wood. I think my issue is that I don't understand people changing religions, when you can easily become a skeptic.

Nabeel Qureshi was the author of the New York Timesbestsellers No God But One and Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, the only book ever to win Christian Book Awards for both "Best New Author" and "Best Nonfiction. Worship was supposed to be a solemn, reflective time of bonding between man and God, yet these people were banging on drums and asking for money. Very thorough in his analysis, Nabeel starts by challenging the validity of the New Testament, the crucifixion, whether Jesus was really God, and finally the case for the gospel. These are the only two religions that have a global presence; in other words we can find Muslims and Christians in every nook of the corners of the world .He held an MD from Eastern Virginia Medical School, an MA in Christian apologetics from Biola University, and an MA in religion from Duke University.