Islam and Christianity - by Sheikh Ahmed Deedat and Dr. Gary Miller



An open air symposium takes place at Westridge Park Stadium, Durban between Mr. Ahmed Deedat and an ex-Christian Gary Miller. The discussion centres around the viewpoints of Islam and Christianity on various topics such as the divinity of Christ (pbuh), Is the Bible God`s word? etc. A lively question and answer session ensues.









Sheikh Ahmed Hussein Deedat (July 1, 1918 - August 8, 2005): He was a Muslim scholar of Comparative religion, an author, lecturer, and an orator. He was best known for witty inter-religious public debates.



What differentiated Deedat`s approach from his contemporaries, apart from eloquence in English language, was that he would not only use references from the Qur`an and the Hadith, but also use his intensive knowledge of the Bible.



Dr. Gary Miller: Gary Miller (Abdul-Ahad Omar) shows how we can establish true faith by setting standards of truth. He illustrates a simple but effective method of finding out the right direction in our search for truth.



G.R. Miller is a mathematician and a theologian. He was active in Christian missionary work at a particular point of his life but he soon began to discover many inconsistencies in the Bible. In 1978, he happened to read the Qur`an expecting that it, too, would contain a mixture of truth and falsehood.



He discovered to his amazement that the message of the Qur`an was precisely the same as the essence of truth that he had distilled from the Bible. He became a Muslim and since then has been active in giving public presentations on Islam including radio and television appearances. He is also the author of several articles and publications about Islam.