The Truth About Islam's Historical Sources - Jay Smith

"What do Muslims claim about Islam’s origins, and how credible are the sources? What does history reveal regarding Mecca’s existence? Who was Muhammad truly? This talk answers these questions and more through a series of five talks:<br />
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1. The Truth About Historical Sources of Islam<br />
This talk explores when and where the Islamic Traditions were written and examine the problems that arise when these claims are brought under scrutiny. <br />
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2. The Truth About Mecca’s Existence: Debunking False Claims<br />
We look at the true historical Mecca, debunking the assertions about the ancient city made by the Qur’an and Muslim scholars.<br />
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3. The Truth About Mecca’s Origins<br />
Continuing to analyse the city of Mecca, we confront its origins, investigate surrounding cities, and get behind the truth of the Kaaba’s ‘Black Stone.’<br />
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4. The Truth About Muhammad’s Existence: The Historical Evidence <br />
In this talk, we look at who Muslims claim Muhammad to be and compare it with historical evidence.<br />
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5. The Truth About Who Muhammad Really Was<br />
After a thorough examination of Islam’s origins, we discover the true Muhammad and how Islam came to be."<br />
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Jay Smith, the son of missionaries who were in India until their deaths, has been working with Muslims for over 40 years while serving with his wife, Judith, and until recently, spending 25 of those years in London, England. Jay currently spends most of his time travelling to numerous countries to research, write, and teach Christian/Muslim Apologetics and Polemics, much of which he learned from 25 years of weekly forays to the world-famous Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, London. He has been invited to many university campuses to teach classes, participate in panels, help numerous Christian Unions with training, and has also participated in over 100 formal debates with Muslim polemicists. Smith is the director of the Master of Arts in Apologetics and Polemics to Islam at the Veritas International University in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Jay uploads videos of his decades of research onto his “Pfanderfilms” YouTube site, which currently has over 100,000 subscribers, while over 17 million people have watched these videos. <br />
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