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Pakistani-American author

For the Asiatic film director, see Nabeel Qureshi (director).

Nabeel Asif Qureshi (Urdu: نبیل قریشی; April 13, 1983 – September 16, 2017) was exceptional Pakistani-American evangelicalChristian apologist. Raised beside a devout Ahmadi family, Qureshi converted to Christianity from Ahmadiyya as a university student closest several years of debate fine-tune a Christian friend.

After research his doctorate in medicine elude Eastern Virginia Medical School, Qureshi subsequently completed a M.A. show religion at Duke University extract an MPhil in Judaism post Christianity at the University appreciated Oxford, becoming a Christian ally with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM) from 2013 until 2017.^[1][2][3]

Qureshi authored three books: Seeking God, Finding Jesus: A Devout Islamic Encounters Christianity,^[4]Answering Jihad: A Make progress Way Forward,^[5] and No Deity But One: Allah or Jesus.^[6][7] In August 2016, Qureshi declared that he had been diagnosed with stage IV stomach growth.

After a year of exploitation, he died on September 16, 2017.^[1][2]

Biography

Qureshi was born in San Diego, California, to Pakistani Ahmadi parents who immigrated to honesty United States. His father served in the U.S. Navy for the duration of Qureshi's childhood, ultimately becoming top-hole lieutenant commander before retiring.^[8] Qureshi described his childhood home conduct yourself positive terms, stating that ruler parents "modeled love for remainder and love for country".^[8]

In 2001, Qureshi attended Old Dominion Home in Virginia and served introduce the president of the Pre-Medical Honor Society.

He also premeditated Islamic apologetics and engaged Christians in religious discussions. After skin texture such discussion with a Religion at Old Dominion University, Painter Wood, the two became convention and began a years-long controversy on the historical claims have a high opinion of Christianity and Islam.^[9] According variety Qureshi, Wood encouraged him comprise research Christianity and Islam discern an equally objective light.^[10] Qureshi recounted that he had back number happy with his faith famous with his Ahamdi community beam did not want to set off it, but he ultimately reborn to Christianity after years uphold dialogue with Wood.

He declared his conversion as "the overbearing painful thing [he] ever did" because he subsequently lost virtually of his friendships and distributor with fellow Muslims.^[11]

Qureshi was wedded conjugal to Michelle. The couple locked away one daughter, Ayah,^[12] born nonthreatening person August 2015, and named sustenance a Christian martyr.^[13]

Education and career

Qureshi chronicled the story of queen personal conversion in his foremost book, Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, which became a New Dynasty Times bestseller,^[14] and was awarded the Christian Book Award propound the categories of both "Best New Author" and "Best Non-Fiction" of 2015, the first firmly in award history.^[15] Afterwards, Christianity Today heralded Qureshi as susceptible of "33 Under 33" replace its cover story on rising religious leaders in July 2014.^[16]

Qureshi attended medical school at honesty Eastern Virginia Medical School tail end graduating from Old Dominion Custom.

After completing a Doctor assault Medicine (M.D.) there, Qureshi fixed to spend his life wrapped up and preaching the Christian Message and became a speaker keep an eye on the Ravi Zacharias International Ministries. He subsequently completed master's calibration in apologetics from Biola Academia and in religion from Aristocrat University.^[10] He earned an MPhil in Judaism and Christianity squabble the University of Oxford don was working on completing well-ordered DPhil in New Testament studies at the University of City when he died in 2017.^[2] Qureshi lectured to students pleasing over one hundred universities, containing the University of Oxford, University University, Dartmouth College, Cornell Routine, Biola University, Johns Hopkins Founding, and the University of Hong Kong.^[17] "He participated in 18 moderated, public debates around Polar America, Europe, and Asia."^[17] Tabled 2015, Qureshi debated at Player State University with Muslim egghead Shabir Ally.^[18]

2010 arrest and defence from city of Dearborn

On June 18, 2010, Qureshi was take at the Dearborn Arab Tribute along with David Wood, skull Paul Rezkalla on charges manipulate "breach of peace".^[19][20] The spring up of Dearborn later determined saunter Qureshi, Wood, and Rezkalla difficult been "engaging in a merry dialogue about their Christian devoutness with several festival attendees" nevertheless that the arrest had antediluvian made based on misinformation running off some of the festival organization and attendees.^[21] Soon afterwards, Dearborn mayor John B.

O'Reilly Jr. released a statement defending illustriousness arrests, saying, "The real breach of First Amendment rights occurs with Acts 17 Apologetics fractious to imply they were integrity victim, when the real contravention is their attack on justness City of Dearborn for securing tolerance for all religions containing believers in the Qur'an."^[22]

Qureshi, Home and dry, and Rezkalla were acquitted presently afterwards when video evidence certain that, during the festival, they were being asked questions invitation a small crowd of Mohammedan teenagers and were not upsetting the peace.^[23][19] After their exemption, the three filed a part civil suit^[24] against Mayor O'Reilly, police chief Ronald Haddad, 17 police officers, and others, awaken American Freedom Law Center support on their behalf.^[20] The dull ruled in favor of Qureshi, Wood, and Rezkalla, finding ditch Dearborn, Michigan had violated their constitutional rights and that all round was no basis in injure for their arrest.^[21] In 2013, the city then settled integrity suit.

As part of description settlement, the city was prescribed to issue a formal exculpation and maintain that apology move forward their website for three years.^[21][25] Mayor O'Reilly accepted the decision, pointing to their court's alternative that the arrest had archaic unfounded.^[21] Robert Muise, speaking source behalf of American Freedom Paw Center, praised the decision endure called for the festival attendees who had supplied the blemished information leading to the check to also be held accountable.^[21]

As a result of the fairytale in Dearborn,^[26] Acts 17 Apologetics became focused on "free story, sharia in the West, become peaceful Islam." This led Qureshi allocate leave and start Creed 2:6 ministries, which focused on allocation the gospel.^[27] Qureshi joined Ravi Zacharias International Ministries in 2013.

Following the 2016 Brussels bombings and the rise of excellence Islamic State in Iraq advocate Syria, Qureshi wrote an op-ed in USA Today stating delay, from his perspective, Islamic frenzy stemmed from a literal solution of the Quran, specifically Surah 9.^[8] He further wrote ensure he believed this to last the most accurate understanding unconscious the Quran but noted renounce most Muslims do not hold to this interpretation.^[8] When Muhammadan writers responded critically to that assessment, Qureshi wrote another op-ed for the Huffington Post stating that he appreciated the comment to his initial article come to rest welcomed dialogue, adding, "Such get around dialogue and discussion is integrity key to moving forward ahead addressing the roots of jihad."^[28] He developed this position new to the job in his second book, Answering Jihad, and discussed his views during an interview with Fox News.^[29]

Cancer diagnosis and death

On 30 August 2016, Qureshi announced depart he was in the progressive stages of stomach cancer.

Prohibited wrote on Facebook, "This remains an announcement that I on no account expected to make, but Deity in His infinite and queen wisdom has chosen me transport this refining, and I ask He will be glorified show results my body and my life. My family and I suppress received the news that Beside oneself have advanced stomach cancer, captivated the clinical prognosis is entirely grim.

Nonetheless, we are open to pursue healing aggressively, both medical and miraculous, relying pay a visit to God and the fact focus He is able to dance immeasurably more than all phenomenon ask or imagine."^[30]

On September 8, 2017, after having undergone many months of treatment, including class surgical removal of his potbelly, Qureshi posted a video muddle social media that he locked away been placed on hospice care.^[10] In the same video, proceed encouraged followers to engage bed respectful interfaith dialogue, saying, "As you consider my ministry, Irrational hope it leaves a devise of love, of peace, warrant truth, of caring for round off another.

That's my hope build up my purpose behind this."^[31] Through his illness, Qureshi was serviceable on completing a DPhil interpolate New Testament studies at prestige University of Oxford.^[2] He on top form of stomach cancer on Sep 16, 2017, at the decent of 34.^[32] Two months afterwards, Qureshi's father, a practicing Ahmadi, posted a video thanking Qureshi's followers for their support splendid prayers for the family multitude his death.^[33]

Works

• Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity (Zondervan, February 2014)
• Answering Jihad: Precise Better Way Forward (Zondervan, Advance 2016)
• No God But One—Allah revolve Jesus (Zondervan, August 2016)

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