New Podcast Let Us Reason - A Christian/Muslim Dialogue

Today Al Fadi and Michael Jones talk about the mental and the social harm of child marriage.  Islam promotes child marriage as we saw in a previous episode.  Studies shows the mental harm that it causes from depression, anxiety, phobia, and suicidal thoughts just to name a few.  The social harm are death during child birth, cervical cancer, STDs, and being a victim of domestic violence.  They conclude that child marriage is to be outlawed if Muslims really care about their daughters.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi and his guest speaker Michael Jones of ( Inspiring Philosophy You Tube Channel) talk about why is child marriage allowed and promoted in Islam; 1. It was done by Mohammad who is an example to Muslims when he married Aisha at age six. 2. It is done to protect the parents social status and not the Girl's well being.  3. Muslims also claim that it reduces premarital sex. Yet the physical harm that is caused to the girls is great because of their undeveloped bodies; death and infection are two harms. The united nations classify any girl under 18  as a child. In Chapter 65:4  the Quran promotes child marriage.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi asks the question above. He gives a lot of Bible verses to show that if we believe in Jesus we have eternal life; 1John 5: 12-13 , John 5: 24, Romans 8:16, just to mention a few. And nothing can separate us from God's love or snatch us out of his hands John 10:29, Romans 8:38,39.  Our salvation is sure as Christian and the scripture proves it ; not so in the Quran or by Mohammad Sura 46:8-9, Sura 10:94.  Not even the Hadith ; Sahih Bukhari vol. 5, book 58, #266 and vol 4, book 51, # 16;  Mohammad was not sure of his salvation or the salvation of his family or any Muslim.  Al Fadi asks the question ; why would you follow someone who doesn't have an assurance of salvation? and says that Jesus is the way, and the life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode Al Fadi answers the question on his Facebook page; Alfadi.cira,  " If Mohammad is a prophet like Moses why did he violate the Sabbath".  Mohammad acknowledged in Sura 4:154 that the Sabbath was not to be violated .  In Hadith Al Bukhari B2,V13:1,21, Mohammad did not honor the Sabbath, but introduced his own holy day; Friday, thus dishonoring the Sabbath .  Therefore he is not a prophet like Moses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi and Anthony Rogers continue in the series about Christ in the Psalms.  In this episode they compare two sets of Psalms that compares to the first two Psalms.  Psalm 18 and 19 ; Psalm 18 is a Messianic Psalm that talks about the suffering of the Messiah, while Psalm19 is a Psalm about the Torah/law of the Lord.  Another pair of Psalms that are like that are Psalm 118 and 119.  Psalm 118 is Messianic  while Psalm 119 is about the law or the Torah of the Lord.  They encourage you to read the Psalms looking for the Messiah.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi and Anthony Rogers continue their discussion about Christ in the book of Psalms.  They show how Psalm 1 and 2 are the the preface / introduction to the book.  In Psalm 1 the blessed man(Christ) is singular vs. the wicked (sinners) is plural .  The law of the Lord is the Torah of the Lord, and His delight is in the Torah.  The phrase like a tree is also repeated in Psalm 52; like a green olive tree; an imagery of Eden.  In Psalm 92 : 12 talks about the righteous one.  Psalm 2 plays off of Psalm one that the wicked will perish because they did not reverence the son; the righteous one.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al and Anthony Rogers start a new series talking about how David used the Psalms to reveal Christ.  The book of Psalms is not a haphazard book , but an organized book that talks about Christ the Messiah.  The book is divided into five books to resemble the five book of Moses. There is a hundred names in the book of Psalms about Jesus ; the blessed man, the afflicted, and the tree of life just to name a few. This should give us a new perspective when we read the Psalms; they are all about Jesus not just some.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mel and Al continue to discuss the origin of the name Mehmet and today they discuss what the Sufis think and believe. They say that Mehmet was the source of light and Adam was created by him. This name was used to refer to God/ Jesus, and later evolved to refer to an Arabian prophet.  Mehmet was originally a title and it was used for centuries before it was changed to Mohammad.  In other words Mehmet was a reference to God; the highly praised one, and was applied to Jesus on coins. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al Fadi and Brother Mel continue to use more Quranic verses to show that the Quran refers to Jesus when he mentions the name Mohammad, Sura 33:40, Sura 3:144. They also discuss the term Angel of the Lord in Genesis 16: 8-10 , 22:11-12 who Christians believe is the the Lord Jesus is the only one that can claim the promises in those verses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Al and Mel continue their discussion about the origin of the name Mohammad/ Mehmet.  Today they start by talking about the use of the cross on an inscription by an Arab ruler named Mu'aweiah; he was called the commander of the believers, and from the sound of it he was a Christian who was crowned king in Jerusalem and ruled from Damascus. Next they talk about the references in the Quran to a person called Mehmet and Ahmed.  They discuss Suras 47:2, 45:29 and 19:30-31. They point to how the name fits in being used in reference to Jesus.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.