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The Great - Christian Muslim Dialogue - Coventry
Title: God: As Perceived Through Biblical & Quranic Sources
Date: Friday 29th February 2008
Time: 6pm – 9pm
Venue: Coventry University (Main building Opposite Cathedral) – Goldstein Lecture Hall (AB107) – University Square, Priory Street, Coventry, CV1 5FB
Organised By: Al Hikma Media & Coventry Islamic Society (ISCO)
Sponsors: Islamic College of England (ICE)
Supported By: Coventry Multi Faith Forum & Christian Union (CU)
Speakers:
Christian Representative: Reverend Dr. Stuart Jennings*
Muslim Representative: Br. Shabir Ally*
Synopsis:
For centuries one of the major differences that exists between Christians & Muslims is their perception of God. Many people have many questions on the issue for both faiths but do not find a platform in which the issues are intellectually discusses and referenced.
Who is God? Was Jesus God himself? Was Jesus the son of God? Or was Jesus a man but the Messiah of God? What is the Holy Spirit? How does one attain it? What is the trinity? What does the Bible really say about God? Does God really die? If Jesus is God then who does he pray to? Did God author the Bible that we have today?
How do Quranic passages talk about God and Jesus? What do Muslims worship? Is Muhammad (saw) the Muslim God? Who is Allah? Did God author the Quran?
This dialogue will discuss a range of issues on the subject and examine the varied differences in the Islamic and Christian perspective of God, the reasons why and a close examination of what the Holy books actually say about God. The audience will have the unique opportunity of questioning the representative of both faiths of the subject of Perception of God.
*Reverend Stuart Jennings has taken part in a number of debates in UK. He is the Trustee of the Coventry Multi Faith Forum and prior to this was a member of Leicester Council of Faiths. Stuart Jennings has travelled greatly in the Middle East and has acted as a guide for Muslim visitors from both Asia and Arabia to the UK. Prior to being a Christian minister he was involved in X-Ray Astronomy at Leicester University. Stuart Jennings is also a historian with a number of publications and a Doctorate (PhD) in history which he teaches at Warwick University. Revd Stuart Jennings is appointed by the Baptist, Methodist and URC Churches as Free Church Chaplain at both Warwick and Coventry Universities. Prior to practising Christianity Stuart Jennings was a committed Atheist.
*Br. Shabir Ally holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, with a specialization in Biblical Literature, and an M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Toronto with a specialization in Quranic Exegesis. He is now studying for his PhD studies in Quranic Exegesis at the University of Toronto. Br. Shabir Ally is the president of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre International in Toronto where he functions as Imam. He travels internationally to represent Islam in public lectures and interfaith dialogues. He explains Islam on a weekly television program called ‘Let the Quran Speak’. Further to this he is often a guest lecturer for the Islamic College of England (ICE) where he delivers Dawah Training & Biblical related courses. Br. Shabir Ally has recently begun to deliver programmes on an international satellite channel.
People of any faith or no faith are welcome to attend. The event is open to both males and females. The venue has disability access
Title: God: As Perceived Through Biblical & Quranic Sources
Date: Friday 29th February 2008
Time: 6pm – 9pm
Venue: Coventry University (Main building Opposite Cathedral) – Goldstein Lecture Hall (AB107) – University Square, Priory Street, Coventry, CV1 5FB
Organised By: Al Hikma Media & Coventry Islamic Society (ISCO)
Sponsors: Islamic College of England (ICE)
Supported By: Coventry Multi Faith Forum & Christian Union (CU)
Speakers:
Christian Representative: Reverend Dr. Stuart Jennings*
Muslim Representative: Br. Shabir Ally*
Synopsis:
For centuries one of the major differences that exists between Christians & Muslims is their perception of God. Many people have many questions on the issue for both faiths but do not find a platform in which the issues are intellectually discusses and referenced.
Who is God? Was Jesus God himself? Was Jesus the son of God? Or was Jesus a man but the Messiah of God? What is the Holy Spirit? How does one attain it? What is the trinity? What does the Bible really say about God? Does God really die? If Jesus is God then who does he pray to? Did God author the Bible that we have today?
How do Quranic passages talk about God and Jesus? What do Muslims worship? Is Muhammad (saw) the Muslim God? Who is Allah? Did God author the Quran?
This dialogue will discuss a range of issues on the subject and examine the varied differences in the Islamic and Christian perspective of God, the reasons why and a close examination of what the Holy books actually say about God. The audience will have the unique opportunity of questioning the representative of both faiths of the subject of Perception of God.
*Reverend Stuart Jennings has taken part in a number of debates in UK. He is the Trustee of the Coventry Multi Faith Forum and prior to this was a member of Leicester Council of Faiths. Stuart Jennings has travelled greatly in the Middle East and has acted as a guide for Muslim visitors from both Asia and Arabia to the UK. Prior to being a Christian minister he was involved in X-Ray Astronomy at Leicester University. Stuart Jennings is also a historian with a number of publications and a Doctorate (PhD) in history which he teaches at Warwick University. Revd Stuart Jennings is appointed by the Baptist, Methodist and URC Churches as Free Church Chaplain at both Warwick and Coventry Universities. Prior to practising Christianity Stuart Jennings was a committed Atheist.
*Br. Shabir Ally holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, with a specialization in Biblical Literature, and an M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Toronto with a specialization in Quranic Exegesis. He is now studying for his PhD studies in Quranic Exegesis at the University of Toronto. Br. Shabir Ally is the president of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre International in Toronto where he functions as Imam. He travels internationally to represent Islam in public lectures and interfaith dialogues. He explains Islam on a weekly television program called ‘Let the Quran Speak’. Further to this he is often a guest lecturer for the Islamic College of England (ICE) where he delivers Dawah Training & Biblical related courses. Br. Shabir Ally has recently begun to deliver programmes on an international satellite channel.
People of any faith or no faith are welcome to attend. The event is open to both males and females. The venue has disability access