In 1980 an Islamic apologetic book by Sheikh Ahmed Deedat titled,"Is The Bible God's Word?" was published. This book was touted by Islamic scholars as a mighty blow to Christianity for years, then was quietly removed from the Internet. You can only find it now by carefully looking into places that have archived it, but you will seldom see it on a Islamic site anymore. The reason you cannot find it has to do with what happened to Sheikh Deedat.
On April 6, 1996 he spoke in Sydney, Australia. His speech was so alarming it actually offended the Australian government. During this speech he openly mocked Christ's death and resurrection. Four weeks after this speech, he suffered a stroke which rendered him incapable of speech as he was paralyzed from the neck down.
For nine years he was bed-ridden at his home in South Africa. During this time he learned to communicate through eye movements. In August of 2005 he passed away, having denied Jesus up to his death. Islamic sights try hard to prove his stroke and death had nothing to do with his blasphemy, but what happened is still a powerful reminder to them. It hopefully has made some look up to the God of the Bible, not the god of the Qur'an.
I will be doing each chapter separately. While about half of the book is done, they remaining chapters will come slowly as I have time to finish them. I decided to start putting them up in case they could help someone in their Bible study, or interpreting how Muslims see the Bible and Christian beliefs. My prayer is it will help someone. I can tell you it has certainly been a blessing to me walking through these false arguments.
Enjoy, and feel free to ask any questions, as I am still learning, too.
Here is the link to Chapter 1:
http://dochifi.blogspot.com/2014/08/is-bible-gods-word-chapter-1.html
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