Webinar #156 Dr Jay Smith - Understanding Islam - the life and work of Muhammad

Recorded on 15 June 2023 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Jay Smith. This is the second in a series of three webinars this month on Understanding Islam with renowned Christian apologist Dr Jay Smith. Muslim tradition teaches that Muhammad was born in Mecca, and then moved to Medina (both in central Arabia) in 622 A.D., and that during this period he received the Qur’an and became the paradigm for the Islamic religion practiced today. But what do other historical sources reveal? This webinar will evaluate the historical record of Muhammad using evidence from the 7th century and before and comparing it with traditional teaching. The final webinar will cover the Qur'anic manuscripts. Jay Smith has worked with Muslims since 1983. He has two masters’ degrees and completed his PhD in Islamics, in the areas of Apologetics and Polemics in 2017. Jay is one of Christianity’s principal public evangelists and debaters to the Muslim world. He travels extensively teaching Apologetics for those exploring ministry to Muslims and engages the movers and thinkers of Islam on a weekly basis. He is the founding member of the ‘Hyde Park Christian Fellowship’, a weekly evangelism ministry to Muslims in London’s public places, as well as a co-founder for the Pfander Centre for Apologetics.