1. What are the biggest factors that keep
Muslims from converting to Christianity?

The environment and community they’ve been
raised in keeps them from converting. For
Muslims, Christianity is shameful, so to
become a Christian would be dishonorable.
Also, for Muslims, believing Jesus is God is a
sin. In fact, it’s the biggest sin there is. When
I told my mom I’d converted, she said she’d
rather I was an atheist or a homosexual. This
belief precludes them from ever thinking about
Christianity.

2. You said Christians’ reputation also keeps
Muslims from converting—what sort of
reputation do they have in the Muslim world?

Within Muslim culture, especially in places
where there aren’t many Christians,
Christianity is seen as a religion for lesser
people, for people who need a crutch—who
need forgiveness, and status. Especially in
Pakistan and Indonesia, Christianity is viewed
as a religion for lower-class people. Also, the
Koran views the Trinity as polytheistic, so if
you’re a Christian, you’re a polytheist. This
isn’t the view all Muslims have, but it is in
places where there are few Christians—like
Pakistan, where my family is from.

3. How can Christians better understand and
reach out to Muslims?

By spending time with them and being good
witnesses. Everyone thinks other people are
the same as them, so we transpose our
character and feelings on other people. But
not everyone thinks like a Westerner; this is
why we have to build relationships. And this is
why Christ spent time with the prostitutes and
tax collectors—so he could relate personally to
them, and that’s what Christians need to do
too.
We need to show Muslims that Christians are
loving, are intelligent, have thought through
their faith, and honor God. Words won’t fix our
reputation, but witnessing will. To reach
Muslims, you must build relationships and
friendships so they have a corrected image of
what the gospel is.

4. What led you to first start pursuing
Christianity?

I’d been challenging a Christian friend, telling
him that the Bible wasn’t trustworthy and the
Trinity was blasphemous. But throughout our
debate, he gave me strong arguments for
Christianity, and I began to see the strength in
his case. He then asked me if I’d ever applied
the same level of skepticism to Islam, which I
hadn’t. When I began to apply the same
critical criteria to my own religion, I realized
the case for Christianity wasn’t just strong—it
was the strongest. That’s when I began to
accept the gospel.

5. In what ways are Islam and Christianity
similar?

Christianity and Islam have two of the most
similar views out there. They both believe in
one omnipotent, omniscient creator; they both
believe this creator established morality and
that our eternal life is based on our sins,
which send us to hell or heaven; they believe
in angels and demons, and that there are holy
scriptures that have been sent to us. We also
share many of the same biblical characters—
Adam, Eve, Abraham, Job, Noah, and many
more—they’re all in the Koran.
They also believe in Jesus’ miraculous birth,
his ability to perform miracles, and that his
return to earth will initiate the final days. So
superficially, Christianity and Islam are quite
similar.

[v]6. In what ways are Islam and Christianity
most different?[/b]

In their understanding of who God is. In
Christianity, God is your unconditionally loving
father. He’s the most humble being in the
universe, he’s willing to suffer for our sake,
and he makes a way to heaven for everyone.
That’s not the case for Islam. For Muslims,
God is very conditional, he’s not willing to
lower himself and enter the world, he’s
unknowable, and unlike Jesus, he doesn’t live
within you. This ultimately means he’s a more
arbitrary God who chooses who to forgive and
who not to forgive; he can send anyone to hell
or heaven.
For Christians, we are children of God. We do
things out of love for him—not to earn his
favor. Whereas with Islam, most of what’s
done is to please God and earn his favor so
you don’t go to hell.

7. What are Christians doing wrong when it
comes to Muslims?
If the Christian message is true, then the
reason we’re here on earth instead of heaven
is so that we can proclaim it. We are here to
know him and to make him known. It’s not
just a thing we can do—reach out to Muslims
—it’s why we’re here: to love our God with all
our hearts, and love our neighbors as
ourselves.
We need to put aside our comforts and keep
our eyes on God’s mission—to spread his
name. And frankly, we’ve only sent one
missionary per every million Muslims, and
that’s shameful. We’re not reaching out to
Muslims ourselves, so the Lord is sending
immigrants here , so love them and share the
gospel. Don’t just love people to convert
them. No—God loves us because we’re his
children. Love the Muslims in your life
because that’s what God wants us to do—and
that’s our whole purpose for being here.

8. What was your experience like being raised
Muslim in the US?
We were very proud to be Muslim. We believed
we had the truth, and that Christianity was
false. We felt like a small group of people who
had the truth amongst a sea of darkness. And
looking at the immorality in culture and TV—
like promiscuity, adultery, and immodesty—we
set ourselves apart from that. I was taught to
always tell the truth, to be the best student,
and to be the best in everything I do, so we
were proud to be Muslim.
Obviously, being Muslim in the US was difficult
at times—9/11 and Desert Storm, especially.
After 9/11, people broke the windows of our
mosque. In Desert Storm, my aunt got
punched in the stomach and my grandpa was
refused service at a gas station. But we viewed
all of this as suffering for the sake of the
truth.

9. What do you hope to achieve with your
book?
I hope to accomplish two things: one, to help
Muslims understand the gospels and why
they’re true, and two, to help Christians
understand Muslims and love them as their
neighbors and as themselves. I want my book
to serve as a bridge to start sharing the
gospel.

blog.vyrso.com/2014/04/24/a-devout-muslims-powerful-journey-to-christ-an-interview-with-nabeel-qureshi/

Nice topic bro. but i knw dis is gonna generate a lot of hate and criticism. jst knw how 2 handle it wen it does.

Life is there for us to follow different roads and have different experiences, while carrying peace to all men, women and children as a guiding star.

I gravitate towards good, trustworthy people, irrespective of who they pray to.

sayisayi:
Life is there for us to follow different roads and have different experiences, while carrying peace to all men, women and children as a guiding star.

I gravitate towards good, trustworthy people, irrespective of who they pray to.

Okay!

APOSTATE!!

@tartar9: Isn't there anything in your book called love and tolerance? You may refer to it as "Live and let live"! She has chosen The Way, you have chosen yours. No need to call names...love makes the world go around you know.

Where is it indicated in the interview with the convert that she was a devout Muslim? #justasking

tartar9:
APOSTATE!!

That your moniker suggest a bad image of you as a muslim cos those who were referred to with that name were persecutors and those who spread corruption on earth during the life of ibn Taymiyya or is there any special meaning you have for it.#justasking

AbuuUthaymeen:
Where is it indicated in the interview with the convert that she was a devout Muslim? #justasking


That your moniker suggest a bad image of you as a muslim cos those who were referred to with that name were persecutors and those who spread corruption on earth during the life of ibn Taymiyya or is there any special meaning you have for it.#justasking

seems like you dont understand nigerian humour (but shez an apostate na #JustAsking).as for the moniker and email i wasnt even expecting to use this account,first created it to......*dunno why i even created it*.ok i created it for the sake of creating.0.o

i dont know what is wrong with you this cchristians some of you have not read your book from A-Z you start spewing bad mouth on other peoples religion

LISTEN AND LISTEN CAREFULLY ALL PROHETS IN THE BIBLE ARE MUSLIM EVEN JESUS
AND CHRISTIANITY IS A MAN MADE RELIGION
IT WILL BE ETTER FOR YOU TO REPENT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE

IF YOU FEEL ALL WHAT I SAID ABOUT YOUR RELIGION IS FALSE YOU ARE FREE TO QUOTE ME AND LETS EDUCATE ONE ANOTHER

ISLAM REQUIRES DEEP KNOWLEDGE
your pastor are reruiting you for hell

Ajibam

When did you turn (f) ?

hahaha! "Ur pastors are recruiting you to hell"

Isnt this topic supposed to be in the christian section?